Delta flights are departing and a ground stop has been lifted after a systems outage Sunday night led to departure delays and cancellations. In a statement posted on the Atlanta-based airline’s website at 11:45 p.m., CEO Ed Bastian apologized to customers who were impacted by this “frustrating situation.” Delta says about 150 flights have been…
President Donald Trump’s announcement of a sweeping ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations has prompted an outpouring of grief, shock and anger around the United States. Donald Trump’s executive order to close America’s borders to travellers from some Muslim-majority countries caused chaos on Saturday, as multiple people who had flown to the US were…
Unite has announced that its cabin crew members working for British Airways mixed fleet will take a further six days of strike action at the start of February. Members of the union are continuing a dispute over what the organisation brands “poverty pay”. Unite will call members out on strike on February 5th-7th and 9th-11th.…
A Grumman mallard aircraft stalled and crashed into the swan river in Perth yesterday as a part of Australia Day celebrations, killing the pilot and his passenger at around 16:30 local time.
The figure, released this week by its operating authority, represents growth of 7.2 per cent on 2015, when 78 million passed through its doors. Dubai’s rise has been astonishing. The airport welcomed just 16 million fliers in 2002, meaning total growth in the last 16 years stands at 423 per cent. While it sees more…
President Donald J. Trump takes off for the first time in Air Force One today to head to Philadelphia.
Formula 1 star Jenson Button enjoyed racing through the skies this week after piloting a British Airways A380 flight simulator at London’s Heathrow Airport. The former World Champion – who recently announced his retirement from the track – spent 90 minutes perfecting take-off, cruise and landing of the world’s largest commercial aircraft. The simulator at…
Travellers can now get real-time departure gate and time information from Sydney Airport by just tweeting the flight number. You can ask the question and get replies in 41 languages! @ckharvey23 Flight QF7 is scheduled to depart at 15:05 (25/01) from Gate 8. — Sydney Airport (@flySYD) January 25, 2017 The new BizTweet service would…
Japan Airlines has decided to upgrade the current 15 minutes free in-flight internet campaign to a completely free internet service on all domestic flights. The service will be available on all flight operated by aircraft equipped with inflight Wi-Fi systems.
🔴 [VIDEO] Avión "Súper Tanket" realizó primera descarga sobre Mirario, comuna de Hualañé pic.twitter.com/sN6ZAAdix5 — VIVIMOSLANOTICIA.cl (@vlanoticia) January 25, 2017
A passenger who berated a Trump supporter for “putting that man’s finger on the nuclear button” was thrown off a plane. The woman told a flight attendant that she would like the man next to her to change seats, seemingly because of his support of Donald Trump. The woman then berated the man, saying “You put that…
Gardai Immigration officers and the Special Unit have arrested three people as part of an ongoing investigation into a suspected illegal immigrant smuggling network. The three men aged 61, 56 and 28 were arrested Dublin Airport Sunday night, two of which are employees of Aer Lingus. In a statement the airline said Aer Lingus is co-operating…