Due to contraversial information amid rising tensions around Ukraine, Boryspil International Airport informs about the following: The Airport keeps operating as normal, ensuring security and a high level of air safety in full. The schedule may change shortly. We are constantly monitoring all changes. Meanwhile, we would like to inform you that as of today,…
Major international insurance companies could stop covering planes flying over Ukraine. Sources cited by outlets, said this could mean that not only international airlines, but also most Ukrainian airlines, would not be able to fly in Ukrainian airspace, as many domestically operated jets are either leased to Ukrainian airlines by foreign owners or at least…
Ukraine’s budget airline SkyUp said on Sunday that its flight from Portugal to Kyiv was forced to land in Moldova because the plane’s Irish leasing company had revoked permission for it to cross into Ukraine. Ukrainian SkyUp Airlines released a statement, announcing that its passenger flight originally bound for Borispol Airport in Kiev, Ukraine was…
Ukraine on Sunday vowed to keep its airspace open to international travel despite Western warnings that Russian troops conducting drills near its borders could invade at any point. The Dutch carrier KLM on Saturday became the first major airline to indefinitely suspend flights to the former Soviet republic because of the rising risks. “The airspace…
A 60-kilogram part of a wing broke off a Nippon Cargo Airlines plane as it landed at Narita airport. Inspectors at Narita International Airport discovered on Feb. 11 that a component covering a part of a Boeing 747-8 cargo plane’s left wing had gone missing. According to the transport ministry’s Narita Airport office, the some…
Dutch airline KLM announced it will stop flying to Ukraine because of the urgent travel alert issued by the Netherlands on Saturday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned Dutch citizens not to travel to Ukraine, and said those who are there, including residents, should leave the country. The new travel advice was issued because of…
Footage of a snake stowaway on an AirAsia flight went viral on social media after the plane’s pilots had to make an emergency landing. A shocking video shows a snake on a plane crawling along the ceiling – forcing the pilot to carry out an emergency landing. The airline said the flight, which was heading…
A laser has hit 11 airliners near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the space of one hour. No injuries were reported and all the planes landed without incident, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a news release. Crews on Alaska Airlines, Southwest, Horizon and Delta flights reported cockpit laser hits between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.…
Flight forced to make emergency landing after man claimed woman stuck him with syringe. The chaotic incident happened during a flight from New York to Orlando, during which a passenger reportedly complained that another passenger was attacking him with the needle from behind. A disruptive passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight to Orlando had to…
F-16s from the Portuguese detachment in Iceland escorted U.S. Air Force B-52s on their way to RAF Fairford. Allied F-16s from the Portuguese detachment in Iceland and Typhoons from the UK met the U.S. B-52 to work out air-to-air maneuvers and escort the bomber to RAF Fairford to execute the long-planned Bomber Task Force (BTF)…
An An-2 plane has crashed in Kamchatka and almost completely burned down. An An-2 single-engine aircraft crashed on Friday in Russia’s Kamchatka Territory, leaving two individuals useless, regional Governor Vladimir Solodov mentioned. The aircraft crashed close to the village of Koryaki, lower than a mile from the runway. “There have been two crew members on…
US Air Force B-52 bombers were spotted overhead this morning heading for RAF Fairford. A C5 Galaxy military transporter plane arriving early this morning, packed with US air crew and supplies. Following that, four B-52s set off from their Minot Air Base around 2am GMT, with a brief refuelling over Nova Scotia before making their…