A stowaway who survived a 10-hour flight from India to London now works at Heathrow airport. In October 1996, two brothers from India sneaked onto a British Airways plane and attempted to enter the UK as stowaways. Pardeep Saini, then 22, and his brother Vijay, 19, braved temperatures of -60C and as they flew at…
A man whose behavior on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to South Korea forced it to return to Honolulu has been ordered to pay the air carrier more than $172,000. Kyong Chol Kim was sentenced Wednesday to six months in jail for interfering with flight attendants and crew members on the flight in February. Prosecutors say…
Many pilots reported that they have experienced loss of GPS signal in the vicinity of the Ben Gurion International Airport (LLBG) in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since early June, GPS signals at the airport have been unreliable for pilots and planes using the location. The missing navigational data has had a “significant impact” on airport operations,…
Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flyadeal reversed a commitment to buy as many as 50 Boeing 737MAX jets. Flyadeal will operate an entirely Airbus SE fleet, the company said Sunday in a statement, buying 30 A320neo-family planes from Boeing’s European rival. “We understand that Flyadeal will not finalize its commitment to the 737MAX at this time…
British Airways is set to be fined more than £183 million by the Information Commissioner’s Office over a customer data breach, the company said. The total proposed fine of £183.39 million is the equivalent of 1.5% of BA’s global turnover for the financial year ending December 31. It relates to the theft of customers’ personal…
Boeing announced $100 million in funds to address family and community needs of those affected by the tragic accidents of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. These funds will support education, hardship and living expenses for impacted families, community programs, and economic development in impacted communities. Boeing will partner with local governments…
London City Airport has published a draft master plan, detailing how it could respond to continued demand for business and leisure air travel, in a sustainable and responsible way, over the next 15 years. It follows a 42% increase in passengers at London’s most central airport over the past five years and the continued shift…
Operators of the Airbus A330-900neo recently have been reporting toxic fume leakages in the aircraft’s cabin, potentially coming from the engines, sources tell AirlineGeeks. TAP Air Portugal, the first A330neo operator having taken delivery of the aircraft in November 2018, has been affected by air leakages infiltrating the cabin through the air conditioning system. The…
Air France-KLM said its separate Air France and KLM airline units would be swapping over some remaining orders from Boeing and Airbus, in a move which Air France KLM said would help its fleet run more efficiently. The swap means that in the 2021-2023 timeframe, the six remaining Boeing 787 ordered for Air France will…
Britain has recorded its hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures soaring as high as 34C (93F) in London. Shortly before 5pm on Saturday the Met Office said a temperature of 34.0C had been recorded at Heathrow airport, approaching the all-time record for June of 35.6C, reached in Southampton in 1976. The UK…
All 10 people aboard a plane that crashed into a hangar at Addison Airport Sunday morning have died, a town official says. A twin-engine Beechcraft BE350 King Air crashed at 9:11 a.m. Sunday, according to an Addison Fire Department spokesperson. The FAA said the plane had just taken off before it crashed into the hangar.…
Two RAF Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Jet2 flight on Saturday after an apparent mix-up between air traffic controllers and the pilots. The flight, which left Stansted Airport on Saturday evening, was heading for Turkey when there was allegedly disruptive behaviour from a female passenger on board. The flight to Dalaman in…