RAF Typhoons scrambled to escort a Jet2 flight with disruptive female passenger after a miscommunication between ATC and pilots

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…

British Airways, Qantas, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, Air-France and KLM announced they would avoid parts of Iranian airspace

Some global airlines are redirecting flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, citing safety concerns amid intensifying fears of a military confrontation in the Middle East. A flurry of airlines, including British Airways, Qantas, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and Air-France KLM’s Dutch subsidiary KLM, announced they would avoid…

FAA prohibits US Airlines from Iranian airspace over Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman after drone shot down

The U.S. on Friday barred American-registered aircraft from flying over Iranian-administered airspace in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The move, in reaction to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shooting down a U.S. military surveillance drone, affects a region crucial to global air travel. The Federal Aviation Administration warned of a “potential for miscalculation or…