A Qantas flight bound for Sydney has been forced to turn back to Fiji as a precaution after pilots were alerted to fumes in the cabin. Passengers on the #QF102 flight which returned to Fiji on Sunday are being re-accommodated by the airline after the Boeing 737 made a priority landing in Nadi. Qantas confirmed…
Ryanair installed Split Scimitar Winglets to the first of over 400 of its Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. Following a $175m agreement with Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), Ryanair installed Split Scimitar Winglets to the first of over 400 of its Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. This modification will improve aircraft fuel efficiency by up to…
More than 12,000 British Airways passengers are facing cancellations as flights from Heathrow airport are grounded due to freezing fog. More than 80 BA flights have been grounded on the first day of the working week. The “flow rate” of arrivals has been reduced because of fog at the UK’s busiest airport, which is also…
A foreign hacker obtained an old copy of the U.S. government’s Terrorist Screening Database and “no fly” list from an unsecured server belonging to a commercial airline. The Swiss hacker known as “maia arson crimew” blogged Thursday that she discovered the Transportation Security Administration “no fly” list from 2019 and a trove of data belonging…
Heathrow has held on to its crown as Europe’s busiest airport despite passenger numbers still not recovering fully to pre-Covid levels. Latest data from analysts Cirium shows that in 2022 the west London hub handled flights covering almost 100 billion “available seat kilometres” (ASK) a key measure used by the industry. Rival airport Paris Charles…
An Ohio woman was arrested Tuesday after she assaulted flight attendants and police officers with a fire extinguisher at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Jennifer was confronted by airport staff when she allegedly left a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant without paying for her meal, according to Inside Edition. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. on Concourse…
Authorities said a small plane that disappeared after leaving New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Thursday evening crashed before reaching its destination. Officials said the single-engine Beechcraft A36 was found near Rye Lake in White Plains, New York, located adjacent to the Westchester County Airport (HPN), following a massive search-and-rescue operation, according to Cleveland…
Manchester Airport has temporarily closed both its runways “following a period of heavy snow fall”. A spokesman said passengers’ “health and safety will always be our top priority and operations will resume at the earliest opportunity”. UPDATE 09.45 LT Manchester Airport reopens Travellers have been advised to contact their airline for flight information. The Met…
The family’s calamities are part of a deadly pattern of aviation disasters in Nepal. Captain Anju Khatiwada, who died in plane crash Nepal, decided to become a pilot after her husband died in a plane’s accident back in 2006. Rescuers on Monday recovering the body of a victim who died in a Yeti Airlines plane…
After a Go First Airways flight took off from Bengaluru with more than 50 passengers forgotten in a bus on the tarmac, aviation regulator DGCA has asked the airline for a report. The DGCA or Directorate General of Civil Aviation said today it is “looking into the matter” after many passengers slammed the airline on…
A Dreamliner recently changed its livery to show three strong messages to Iran’s authorities. Comlux Aruba Dreamliner (reg. P4-787) is recently wearing a new livery. The plane flew to New York, Phoenix and Paris during the last days. The aircraft recently had “NO WOMAN SHOULD BE FORCED TO COVER HER HEAD / NO WOMAN SHOULD…
All flights across the US were grounded due to a glitch with the Federal Aviation Administration’s computer system this morning. Flights across the United States were affected Wednesday morning after the Federal Aviation Administration said it experienced a computer outage. UPDATE Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the U.S. following an overnight outage…