TAP Air Portugal flight #TP359 from London Heathrow to Lisbon diverted to Porto on November 28th, 2017, with superstar Madonna on board. The airline first stated to Airline Safety-Rating agency AviRate that the Airbus A319 diverted to Porto due to an in-flight fuel shortage, which is an incomprehensible statement according to the flight path. TAP later…
A man got on board an Onur Air flight without a ticket at Istanbul Atatürk Airport on Monday. The 28 year old first tried to get on a Turkish Airlines flight without a valid ticket, he managed to get through security checks without required travel documents but got detained by airport police during the boarding…
British Airways owner IAG is acquiring insolvent airline Niki. The competition for former Air Berlin’s subsidiary Niki is over – IAG was the only remaining bidder, after Niki Lauda, founder of the airline, withdrew his offer. International Airlines Group (IAG) is paying 20 million Euro plus an investment of up to 16.5 million Euro for…
An IT failure at Frankfurt Airport is causing flight disruptions on Friday morning. Passengers flying to or from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) are asked to check their flight status.
Germany’s pilot union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), calls for a Germany-wide Ryanair strike, it is planned for Friday morning. VC says: “On Friday, December 22, 2017, from 5:01 am to 8:59 am local time, all pilots directly employed by Ryanair will be called to strike. All flights that are planned by German airports during this period will…
German low-cost carrier Eurowings cancels hundreds of flights from January 2018. Germany’s Focus reports, the mass cancellations mostly affect domestic flights from Berlin Tegel and Munich. Eurowings blames delays in the acquisition of Air Berlin assets, caused by antitrust regulation and the lack of aircraft for the cancellations. A new high-speed rail line between Berlin…
The EU Commission has approved Lufthansa’s plans to acquire Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW), a subsidiary of former German airline Air Berlin. Lufthansa is bidding for a major part of Air Berlin, now at least part of it has been approved by the European Union’s regulators, but it remains subject to conditions. LGW currently operates a fleet…
The Air Berlin Pilot who performed a controversial low pass on the airline’s final long haul landing at Dusseldorf has now been cleared by Authorities. On Tuesday the German Bundesaufsichtsamt für Flugsicherung (BAF) (Federal Supervisory Authority for Air Traffic Control and Flight Safety) announced that the A330 pilot will not be fined for his famous move…
A West Wind Aviation ATR-42 has crashed near Fond-du-Lac Airport, Canada, late Wednesday night. The turbo prop aircraft took off from the airport at around 6:15pm local time, headed to Stony Rapids. There were 22 passengers and three crew members (two pilots and one flight attendant) on board, many of them suffered injuries, some serious,…
Former Air Berlin’s subsidiary Niki has ended all flight operations immediately after filing for insolvency. Today, Lufthansa has abandoned plans to buy the Austria-based airline, due to pressure from EU competition regulators. Niki filed for insolvency shortly after this was announced. #HG2601 from Tenerife South to Vienna Airport was the last ever Niki flight, it has…
Germany’s pilot union “Vereinigung Cockpit (VC)” calls for a major Ryanair strike – the first ever strike in the low-cost carrier’s history This announcement by VC comes after the pilot’s unions in Italy and Portugal had called their members to strike against Ryanair due to disputes over pay and working conditions. The airline’s Dublin based…
easyJet is starting flights (including domestic routes) from Berlin’s Tegel Airport on January 7th, 2018 The British low-cost carrier has announced several domestic and international routes from Berlin Tegel, all starting in 2018. Most of them were previously operated by now-gone Air Berlin. easyJet wants to become the leading provider for short and medium haul…