Flights have resumed this morning at Bristol Airport after a technical problem meant planes had to be diverted last night. The runway lights failed which meant planes could not land or take off. They failed at 8.30pm last night (25 January) with engineers using a short term fix to get them back on just before…
A German citizen was arrested at Munich airport on suspicion of treason for allegedly passing intelligence onto Russia. A German man has been arrested at Munich airport on suspicion of leaking intelligence information to Russia, the German attorney general said on Thursday. The man was arrested on Sunday when he arrived in Germany from the…
Heathrow Airport recorded its lowest overnight temperature since 2010. On January 23 th 2023, the mercury plummeted to -8.4°C. Some flights due to leave the airport were cancelled due to freezing fog. Flights to Amsterdam, Barcelona and Miami were some of the 17 cancelled this morning. A British Airways spokesperson said: ‘Like other airlines, our…
Due to the announced warning strike at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, no passenger flights will be possible on Wednesday, 25 January 2023. The airport company officially informed its partners, such as the airlines, ground handling service providers, security companies and businesses located at the airport, about this in the evening. Around 300 take-offs and landings with…
Parts from grounded airframes can be re-installed on in-service aircraft. Russian Ministry of Transport has prepared a draft comprehensive program for the development of the air transport industry until 2030 worth 627 billion rubles, which involves replenishing the fleet with 1,000 Russian-made aircraft. But even the best scenario does not provide for the restoration of…
Virgin Atlantic is naming its newest Airbus A330neo in honour of her late majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Virgin Atlantic names its planes with female icons, the latest aircraft will be named after the late Queen Elizabeth II, who passed in September 2022. The airline’s brand new Airbus A330neo has the registration G-VEII, and is the…
A Qantas flight bound for Sydney has been forced to turn back to Fiji as a precaution after pilots were alerted to fumes in the cabin. Passengers on the #QF102 flight which returned to Fiji on Sunday are being re-accommodated by the airline after the Boeing 737 made a priority landing in Nadi. Qantas confirmed…
Ryanair installed Split Scimitar Winglets to the first of over 400 of its Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. Following a $175m agreement with Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), Ryanair installed Split Scimitar Winglets to the first of over 400 of its Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. This modification will improve aircraft fuel efficiency by up to…
More than 12,000 British Airways passengers are facing cancellations as flights from Heathrow airport are grounded due to freezing fog. More than 80 BA flights have been grounded on the first day of the working week. The “flow rate” of arrivals has been reduced because of fog at the UK’s busiest airport, which is also…
A foreign hacker obtained an old copy of the U.S. government’s Terrorist Screening Database and “no fly” list from an unsecured server belonging to a commercial airline. The Swiss hacker known as “maia arson crimew” blogged Thursday that she discovered the Transportation Security Administration “no fly” list from 2019 and a trove of data belonging…
Heathrow has held on to its crown as Europe’s busiest airport despite passenger numbers still not recovering fully to pre-Covid levels. Latest data from analysts Cirium shows that in 2022 the west London hub handled flights covering almost 100 billion “available seat kilometres” (ASK) a key measure used by the industry. Rival airport Paris Charles…
An Ohio woman was arrested Tuesday after she assaulted flight attendants and police officers with a fire extinguisher at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Jennifer was confronted by airport staff when she allegedly left a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant without paying for her meal, according to Inside Edition. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. on Concourse…