The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority (BCCA) has suspended the licenses of around 740 Russian aircraft operating under the agreement between Bermuda and the Russian Federation. The suspension of all Certificates of Airworthiness of those aircraft was brought into effect at 23:59 UTC on March 12th 2022. In a press release, a BCCA spokesperson said: “International…
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s private jet has landed at Ben Gurion airport, after taking off earlier from Moscow. It is not clear if the billionaire himself was on board. Even though Abramovich has Israeli citizenship, his presence in Israel at the current time could place the Israeli government at odds with the US and EU.…
The Antonov aircraft plant in Kyiv has been shelled by Russian forces, the city administration said on Monday. Tweeting about the attack, the Ukrainian parliament said that the Russian occupiers also attacked a high-rise building along with the plant, killing at least two people. Seven people were injured in the attack, while about 70 people…
A video released from Russian MOD shows the Antonov An-225 intact in her hangar during the first assault. The video shows the assault of Gostomel Airport by Russian paratroopers on on February 24, 2022. The Antonov Mriya has been destroyed few days later.
A Pobeda captain announced that the war against Ukraine “is a crime” in one of his latest flights to Turkey. The pilot works for Aeroflot’s subsidiary, Pobeda, and he delivered the message on his flight to the Turkish city of Antalya. Some of the passengers reportedly applauded him. In a video shared on the internet,…
Finnair said that some of its airplanes flying near Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave and eastern border with Russia had noticed interference with the plane’s GPS in the last few days. The interference reportedly began after Finnish President Sauli Niinisto met U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on Saturday to discuss increasing defence ties between Finland and…
An 80-year-old pilot from Germany drew a giant dove in the sky. An 80-year-old man from Brandenburg thought bigger and painted a peace dove on the sky. The pilot took off from Eggersdorf Airport, near Berlin using its small aircraft (reg.D-MUPY) for a 2-hour flight. It is not the first work of the artistic pilot. The…
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport has temporarily closed its Terminal D. The state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported this decision is due to the “situation in the aviation industry,” Several Russian airlines including Aeroflot have halted all international flights after the European Union, Britain, the U.S. and Canada banned Russian planes from their airspace due to Moscow’s…
China has reportedly refused to supply aircraft parts to Russian airlines, as said by Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia’s spokesperson on Thursday. He also said that Russia would look to source those parts from other countries, including Turkey and India after China refused to supply them. All three major manufacturers, Airbus, Boeing and Embraer have already…
A Russian missile has hit a technical building on the International airport. Last evening, Russian troops fired missiles at Boryspil. One missile was destroyed, while another hit the technical premises of the KBP Airport. Several wounded were reported in the attack. Air raid alarms went off across the region a few times throughout the night…
An Antonov cargo plane that carried COVID-19 test kits to Canada has been grounded at Toronto’s Pearson Airport as part of the international response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The plane, which is owned by a Russian company, has been grounded for most of this week after flight bans imposed by the West disrupted travel…
This Morning, Cologne Bonn Airport tweeted a picture showing support to Ukraine. Cologne Bonn Airport said “A picture sometimes says more than 1000 words! Great campaign by our ground”. Cologne Bonn Airport is the international airport of Germany’s fourth-largest city Cologne. It is the seventh-largest passenger airport in Germany and the third-largest in terms of…