Airlander 10 makes maiden voyage from Cardington Sheds in Bedfordshire. pic.twitter.com/Z4tN8Gnj5z — BBC Three Counties (@BBC3CR) August 17, 2016 The Airlander 10 – which is part plane and part airship – took off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire. Its original test flight on Sunday was postponed, but it finally left the ground at 19:40 BST.…
By the end of July Ryanair had carried 110.7 million customers so far in 2016 – with 11.3 million people flying with the Irish airline during July alone. http://ift.tt/2bdqEDfhttp://ift.tt/2bdqEDf
Accident aircraft involved YV3051 (Photo: Skybird). A Cessna 550 Citation ll with 2 crew onboard has crashed immediately after takeoff from Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport, Venezuela at 15:40 local time yesterday. The aircraft impacted a rocky gully in a wooded area near the threshold of runway 28. Both pilots have been killed. Photos: @Coemiranda Source: AviationSafety,…
Gatwick Airport has achieved the busiest single month in its 80 year history as 4.6 million passengers travelled through the airport in July. The figure represents a 6.9 per cent increase on the same month last year. Long-haul routes continue their impressive growth at the airport, growing 23 per cent collectively versus last July, against…
Emirates recently enhanced its presence in south-east Asia with the launch of a new daily linked service from Dubai to Yangon in Myanmar, and onwards to Hanoi in Vietnam. This new service, which is being operated with a Boeing 777-300ER, expands the airline’s network in Southeast Asia to 12 cities in seven countries and offers…
US air marshals will be deployed on some flights between the US and Cuba when commercial air service between the two countries launches on Aug. 31. “In the spirit of enhancing the security of international civil aviation, the United States and The Republic of Cuba entered into an aviation security agreement that sets forth the…
Mohammad Basheer Abdul Khadar, 62, was on board Emirates flight EK521 en route from southern India when it skidded on the runway as it landed in Dubai and burst into flames. Despite the fact the entire top half of the Boeing 777’s fuselage was burnt off, only 13 passengers were injured — though a firefighter…
Following a long awaited day & always changing schedules, plane spotters have welcomed SIA’s A350 to Australia. Melbourne Airport’s viewing areas were full of Plane Spotters on Wednesday evening. The aircraft was welcomed with the traditional water canon salute by the ARFF as it landed on runway 34. However, on it’s departure from Melbourne. The…
Passengers and cabin crew were forced to restrain a fellow traveller who allegedly punched a flight attendant during a drunken rampage on board a plane. The dramatic scene unfolded on an Aeroflot flight in Russia, and the aftermath was captured on camera once the man was restrained. Footage and photos show the passenger – wearing…
A video, shot by airport workers and posted on Facebook, shows the unidentified man clutching his bags and jumping off an air bridge – the extendable corridor that connects airport departure gates with plane doors – and on to the asphalt of Barajas airport in the hope of reaching his plane in time. A spokesmanconfirmed…
