British Airways’ last Airbus A318 “baby bus” made its last flight from Madrid to Enschede on Wednesday, 17th February. The Airbus A318 with registration G-EUNA departed Madrid as flight BA9279 at 13:17 CET and landed at Twente Airport at 16:24 CET. The aircraft will be dismantled and recycled at AELS. The aircraft was retired last…
Issues with water pressure at Memphis Light Gas and Water have caused the passenger terminal to shut down at the Memphis International Airport. According to a news release, the airport has experienced low pressure periodically this week, however, levels dropped Thursday night to the point that passenger operations were no longer feasible. As a result,…
Anastasia and Denis have been together for three years. She is a senior flight attendant, he is a pilot. Here is the love story: ‘On September 16, 2017, at 4 am, I entered the elevator of my house. There was a funny guy in the form of a pilot: “Where are you going? To Gelendzhik?…
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair loses its attempt in an EU court to block massive public bailouts of rival companies such as Air France and SAS. Ryanair lost the first round of its campaign to topple Covid-19 bailouts for rival airlines when a European Union court ruled that French and Swedish subsidies didn’t break state-aid rules.…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after police stopped a plane flying to Romania. Nottinghamshire Police said they tracked down a man to Heathrow Airport after receiving a report that a four-year-old girl had been taken. They received a call at 16:57 GMT on Thursday, and the flight to Bucharest was…
Air France retired its first Boeing 777-200ER on Thursday, 11th February. The airline has decided to retire additional three 777-200ERs by May. The aircraft with registration F-GSPV departed Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on Thursday morning at 09:07 local time and arrived at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees Airport at 09:59. The first Boeing 777-200ER was delivered to Air…
A man in his 20’s has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of carrying out terror offences, including activity in Syria A young man has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of carrying out terror offences. Counter-terror detectives from the Metropolitan Police detained the man, a British national aged in his 20s, in…
Spirit Airlines has decided to start hiring pilots and flight attendants next month becoming the first major US airline to hire new employees after almost a year. As reported by the CNBS, the airline will resume training for new pilots and flight attendants as soon as next month hoping travel will rebound after the pandemic.…
A brand new British Airways Boeing 787-10 Dreamline was sent to Victorville, California for storage. The aircraft is still in Boeing’s care like of those of Qatar Airways, Qantas among others. The Boeing 787-10, with registration G-ZBLD, departed Charleston at 09:19 EST and arrived in Victorville at 10:57 PST. It is BA’s fourth Boeing 787-10.…
The French government has abandoned plans to build a huge new terminal at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. The coronavirus pandemic and changing environmental priorities were the reasons given for the move. A fourth terminal would have allowed the airport to handle up to 40 million extra passengers a year. By the end of…
London’s Heathrow airport urged the British government to set out a strategy for resuming flights following a tightening of travel curbs that it says has essentially shut down travel. Requiring two Covid-19 tests for all arrivals, along with 10 days of quarantine that some must spend in a hotel, means the U.K. border is “effectively…
Air Namibia has ceased all operations, effective February 11. All aircraft will be returned to the airline’s base, as Namibia’s cabinet has given its approval for the flag carrier to be voluntarily liquidated. In a late-night notice on its Twitter account, Air Namibia Management further said that the reservation system for taking new bookings is…