The Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre has upgraded the Aviation warning for Bali’s Mt Agung to Orange, up from Yellow. Some experts believe the volcano could erupt within hours. The Indonesian Government is also making plans in the event that Mt Agung erupts, such as extending tourists visas for those that may become stranded, and…
A woman on a flight to Los Angeles International Airport was dragged off a Southwest plane Tuesday night by two police officers after claiming she was deathly allergic to two dogs on the flight. Video shows the woman being forcibly removed by two law enforcement officers. She can be heard yelling, “Don’t touch me,” and…
WestJet today announced the name and logo for its ultra-low-cost airline (ULCC) in Canada. Named Swoop, the ULCC will begin selling flights in early 2018. “The name Swoop denotes exactly what we plan to do,” said Bob Cummings WestJet Executive Vice-President, Strategy and the executive member responsible for the launch of Swoop. “It’s a powerful…
Lufthansa Group’s board has approved a €1 billion ($1.18 billion) investment in the “acquisition and leasing” of 61 aircraft for low-cost subsidiary Eurowings, as talks on taking over some of Air Berlin’s assets continue.
There was major chaos this morning after a complete radar failure at Australia’s busiest airport. Air Traffic Controllers had to land planes manually, severely reducing the amount of landings. Manual landings can see 15 movements per hour compared to an average 50 movements per hour when there no radar issues. The fault, now corrected, was…
A Lufthansa passenger jet that was hijacked to Somalia 40 years ago at the height of a far-left militant group’s campaign against West German authorities has returned home. The dpa news agency reported that the Boeing 737 arrived Saturday in the German city of Friedrichshafen, where it will be reassembled and displayed at the Dornier…
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has launched ‘Hands Free’, allowing passengers to check in their hand luggage at the Bag Drop desk, where they will be tagged as priority and looked after through to the arrival airport. For the price of £4 per person, or £10 for a group bundle per flight, easyJet gives passengers a…
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actor shared that she has an intense case of fear while traveling in planes. “I’m not afraid of the airplane, I’m afraid of me on the airplane and losing control of myself,” Lawrence said. In fact, Lawrence has even acted on her fear of flying in the past, going so far as…
Qantas has ferried extra fuel from Sydney to Auckland on a Boeing 747-400 as part of efforts to minimise disruption due to fuel shortages at the airport. Airlines have been battling restricted fuel supplies at Auckland Airport since Sunday, after a pipeline which connects a refinery to the Wiri Oil Services facility near the airport was damaged,…
