On March 8th, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared from radar. Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappearance, also called MH370 disappearance, disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The disappearance of the Boeing 777 with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board led…
A power outage in a terminal at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport entered a second day Friday, forcing some flights to be canceled or diverted. Among those flights was one from New Zealand that was turned around and sent back after nearly making it to New York. Predictably, passengers said they were…
Websites of several German airports are down. The websites of at least three German airports were disrupted on Thursday, a day after a major IT failure at Lufthansa left thousands of passengers stranded at Frankfurt airport. Among the airports affected were Dusseldorf, Nuremberg and Dortmund, but sites for Germany’s biggest airports, in Frankfurt, Munich and…
Munich airport to halt operations on Friday over personnel strike. The united services union ver.di has announced nationwide strike actions in connection with the ongoing collective wage negotiations in the public services sector. Munich Airport will also be massively affected by this. The strike will take place this coming Friday, February 17, 2023, and will…
Air India is ordering 220 Boeing aircraft valued at $34 billion. The orders include 190 737 Max aircraft, 20 of Boeing’s 787s, and 10 of its 777Xs. The purchase also includes customer options for an additional 50 737 MAXs and 20 of its 787s, totaling 290 airplanes for a total of $45.9 billion at list…
In a deal worth 32 billion euros based on current catalogue prices, Air India is to buy 250 new aircraft from Airbus. This is a “historic moment for India, for Air India and for Airbus,” according to the French plane-maker’s chief executive, Guillaume Faury. The deal involves the purchase of 210 narrow-body A320neo jets and…
Moldovan airspace has just been closed due to the fact that a reconnaissance drone flew into the country. Following the meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for Airspace Management, a NOTAM was issued for the temporary closure of the airspace of the Republic of Moldova at 11:24 a.m., February 14, in order to ensure the safety…
A Saudi aid plane lands in Syria’s quake-stricken Aleppo. A Saudi plane loaded with aid for the victims of the earthquakes landed Tuesday morning in Aleppo (northern Syria), for the first time in more than a decade, according to the Syrian Ministry of Transport. Airplanes loaded with humanitarian aid have followed one another since the…
Extinction Rebellion activists blockade entrances to Luton Airport private jet terminals in Valentine’s Day protest demanding a tax on frequent flyers. Climate change activists have blockaded the entrances to Luton Airport‘s private jet terminals today. Extinction Rebellion dubbed their Valentine’s Day demonstration ‘love in action’ as they urged the government to ban private jets, tax…
The number of people that passed through the UK’s busiest airport returned to pre-pandemic levels last month. Heathrow reported 5.4 million people travelled through it in January, making it the busiest start to a year since 2020, before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. The vast majority of the travellers – 1.6 million – were from…
A 16-year-old girl was found wounded and lying on a path in Linear Park in Culcheth, Cheshire, on Saturday. Brianna Ghey was found wounded and lying on a path in Linear Park in Culcheth, Cheshire, on Saturday. Brianna was a transgender girl but detectives said there was no evidence to suggest it was a hate…
An investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 has linked Russian President Vladimir Putin to the approval of the use of the missile system that shot down the plane. There are “strong indications” that President Vladimir V. Putin decided to supply the antiaircraft missile system that Russia-backed separatists used to shoot…