North Korea’s flagship carrier has flown its first international flight since the pandemic. Air Koryo’s JS151 left Pyongyang Tuesday morning and landed at Beijing Capital Airport at 09:15 local time (01:16 GMT), data from RadarBox. Travel agency Koryo Tours said the Pyongyang-Beijing route was reopened as a means for North Koreans to get home. Flight…
Beijing green-lighted the resumption of North Korea’s Air Koryo flights between the two countries. China announced on Monday approving the restarting of commercial flights between Beijing and Pyongyang, for the first time since North Korea closed its borders in early 2020 as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 pandemic. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin…
Pilot accused of destroying parking barrier at Denver airport with an ax says he hit breaking point. A United Airlines pilot has been charged with criminal mischief for allegedly using an ax to destroy a barrier gate at an employee parking lot at Denver’s airport, telling authorities he was trying to help several drivers exit…
An Ukrainian attack occurred at around 04:00 in central Moscow. A Ukrainian drone smashed into a building in central Moscow on Friday after Russian air defences shot it down, disrupting air traffic at all the civilian airports of the Russian capital, Russian officials said. A Reuters witness who was in the area described hearing “a…
It’s now confirmed, British Airways Boeing 747-400 “BOAC” is being scrapped at St. Athan. The Boeing 747-400 G-BYGC arrived at St. Athan on May 27th 2019 and has been stored there. It was the first of three BA jumbos to be painted into a special livery to celebrate 100 years of British Airways. A new…
A deluge on the runway meant some people were unable to disembark from planes that had already landed. Due to heavy rainfalls over Frankfurt, dozens of flights were canceled at Germany’s largest airport on Wednesday. By late evening, large amounts of water had collected in areas of the runway, leaving passengers stuck on planes that…
Emirates will add a flight to London Heathrow starting this fall. Emirates has announced it will operate an additional five-a-week service to London Heathrow starting from 31 October 2023 until 30 March 2024. This temporary service will meet market demand during the busy winter season and offer customers more travel choices. Emirates currently serves London…
Qatar Airways has reportedly been operating near-empty passenger jets between Melbourne and Adelaide to skirt restrictions on its number of flights to major airports in Australia. These ‘ghost flights’ sometimes even have no passengers, as per The Guardian report. Qatar Airways has been flying near-empty and sometimes entirely empty large passenger jets every day between…
Emirates flight #EK65 is declaring an emergency. The flight #EK65 from Dubai is on approach to London Stansted Airport. The crew declared an emergency when entering UK airspace. The Boeing 777-300ER landed at 12:50 BST on runway 22. As priority was requested by ATC, the Ryanair flight #FR8165 was on hold for a moment then…
Etihad Airways revealed a video showcasing behind-the-scenes of its electrifying stunt in celebration of its collaboration with Paramount Pictures. The stunt, watched by millions on the airline’s social media channels, was released to celebrate the worldwide launch of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. In the adrenaline-fueled video, Etihad Airways performed a stunt that…
In a bizarre and unexpected event, a British Airways flight from Lagos, Nigeria, to London on July 29, 2023, witnessed an incident that left both passengers and crew astonished. An overweight passenger found himself trapped in a first-class seat on the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft during the 6-hour journey. Seated in the capacious 1A first-class seat,…
On 9th August, a Westjet Boeing 737 collided with a Hercules military aircraft while taxiing on the ground at Comox Airport, Canada. The Boeing 737-700 with registration C-FWSI was scheduled to depart as flight WS346 from Comox to Edmonton. However, while it was on its way to the runway, the incident occurred. The Boeing 737…