From March 24 2018 customers will be able to fly direct from Heathrow Terminal 5 to the Seychelles, making British Airways the only airline offering a non-stop service from the UK. Scattered across the Indian Ocean and famed as some of the most idyllic islands on the planet, flights will take to the skies twice-a-week…
After dark on September 16, Salt Lake City residents observed a number of strange lights in the sky. Several videos snapped by stunned witnesses show the lights zooming through the night sky. The unusual behavior of the strange light formation prompted speculation they could be shooting stars or even extraterrestrial objects. According to local media…
Ryanair shares fell 3 percent in early Monday trading following its announcement late on Friday of plans to cancel between 40 and 50 flights a day until the end of October. The company says it is trying to deal with a backlog of staff leave which must be allocated before the end of the year.…
A powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan on Sunday , dumping torrential rain, grounding hundreds of domestic flights and halting train services. Typhoon Talim made a landfall in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, packing winds of up to 162 km/h, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. At least 644 domestic flights have been…
Pic: Scott Grayson/Twitter Passengers felt a jolt in their seats and looked from their windows to see a wing of their Aurigny flight GR673 to Guernsey had gone into the side of a catering truck moments after pushing back from Terminal 1 at around 9.50am. None of around 60 passengers or crew on board the…
Ryanair is to cancel 40 to 50 flights every day for the next six weeks, in a bid to improve punctuality of flights. The budget Irish-based airline announced the plan on Friday, saying that it was “unacceptable” that its punctuality had fallen below 80% in the first half of this month. It also said it…
A Virgin Australia flight experienced severe unexpected turbulence 13 September 2017. Flight #VA233, a 737-800 registration VH-VUE, from Melbourne to Adelaide hit the unexpected turbulence during it’s descent into Adelaide. The flight still arrived on time, however 2 flight attendants were taken to hospital with injuries. One of the injured flight attendants received a broken…
A British Airways Boeing 777 took off for Turks and Caicos today for the first time since the island was struck by Hurricane Irma. The airline has now resumed all its flights to the Caribbean and Florida after they were disrupted by the worst hurricane to hit the region for decades. Over the last ten…
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has chosen the design of KAAN Architecten for their new terminal. The new terminal will open in 2023 and will allow 14 million more passengers to travel through Schiphol annually. The new terminal is an expansion of Schiphol’s existing terminal, making it possible to retain the one terminal concept. The consortium’s innovative thinker is Arnout…
Up to 70 flights were cancelled in and out of Sydney Airport on Thursday as strong winds buffeted the runways. A Sydney Airport spokeswoman said planes were restricted to using only one runway due to the gusty conditions. The Bureau of Meteorology recorded wind gusts at the airport of up to 72km/h. The strong winds disrupted the airport…
Three Customs and Border Protection officers were arrested Wednesday morning and charged with assaulting two fellow officers at Newark Liberty International Airport, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced in a press release. The 3 officiers are charged with forcibly assaulting, impeding, intimidating and interfering with two fellow CBP officers while they were on duty. According to the…
The Airbus Foundation has decided to send an A350 with the Red Cross to Pointe-à-Pitre to help the victims of Hurricane Irma. The plane, based in Toulouse, took off on Wednesday morning to arrive at Point-à-Pitre around 5 pm. It made a stopover in Paris CDG to be loaded with equipment and men. “The reinforcements will…