Air France’s pilot unions have called on members to strike during the first week of the Euro 2016 soccer championship in a protest over pay, although the airline’s chief executive said fans could just drive or take the train. The unions said in a joint statement they planned to strike from June 11 until June…
Air Canada’s inaugural flight AC35, 787 Dreamliner service from Vancouver arrived in Brisbane Friday morning (3rd June 2016), marking the only non-stop service linking Canada and Queensland, Australia’s ‘Sunshine State’. These new flights between Vancouver and Brisbane ramp up to daily service on June 17, 2016. “We are delighted to launch the only non-stop, year-round…
Airport police have received an unspecified threat about a flight from London that landed in New Jersey. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police spokesman Joe Pentangelo says the flight, which is carrying 206 passengers and 13 crew members, arrived about 1 p.m. Thursday at Newark Liberty International Airport. The British Airways aircraft…
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, is celebrating the first anniversary of opening a two aircraft base at Cardiff Airport. Figures released show that 334,000 passengers flew with the airline from Wales’ national airport over the last 12 months, equating to a more than 600 per cent uplift in Flybe passenger numbers there over the year-long…
A virtual tour of the runway at Dublin Airport has been compiled. It’s the first airport in the world to make a 360 degree tour available. The airport says precautions were put in place to ensure safety requirements were met during the image capture process on the airfield. “Airfields are exciting and fascinating places for…
A man has been kicked off a Flybe plane in Dublin Airport after he was caught taking pictures of an air hostess’s bum. Airport police were called when a staff caught the man taking the photographs with his mobile phone, but when asked to delete the snaps, he said that he “wasn’t able to”. The Independent report that…
There is strong public support for Norwegian’s plans for low-cost transatlantic flights from Cork Airport, new polling released today has revealed. Norwegian last year announced plans for low-cost flights from Cork Airport to Boston in 2016, followed by New York in 2017. The airline is also looking at further transatlantic flights from Shannon Airport in…
On May 30th, Thomas Cook Inaugurated their first Manchester-Boston flight, using their Airbus A330 aircraft. The Boston Weekender programme, which runs twice a week throughout June to the middle of September, will take culture vultures and explorers to one of the US’s most historic cities, with a flight schedule that makes long weekends available like…
Low-cost airline Norwegian is expanding its long-haul network by releasing a record number of seats for this winter, perfect for holiday loving Brits looking for a bargain break in the States. Over 75,000 seats are now available to book on Norwegian’s direct low-cost long-haul flights between the UK and US for travel from November 2016…
Low-cost airline Norwegian continues its growth at Manchester Airport with the addition of two new routes to Malaga and Alicante taking-off this week. Passengers in Manchester and the North West now have access to approximately 130,000 more seats in time for the summer. From, Thursday 2nd June, four weekly flights will depart Manchester to Malaga,…
Heathrow today marks 70th anniversary on Tuesday with the unveiling of a series of plaques, each representing ‘an iconic moment of British culture’ from the past seven decades. Since the UK’s busiest airport began operations in 1946, over 20 million flights have taken off from the hub, serving more than two billion passengers travelling around the globe. Full story
Sukhoi have recently released a clip on YouTube which shows the time-lapsed development’s of CityJet’s first Sukhoi SuperJet being painted in Venice, Italy. SN95108, the aircraft itself, is one of 15 of the SuperJet’s that the firm has ordered. The airline are to receive 4 SuperJet’s this year and a further 11 next year. The…