In line with its vision to offer a superior passenger experience and improve environmental performance through a modern and state of the art wide-body aircraft fleet, Emirates has retired the last Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft in its fleet from active service. This makes Emirates the first and only airline in the world to operate…
Qatar Airways has been fined $185,000 by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for airspace violations. The airline was penalised for operating flights in regions in which a Federal Aviation Administration flight prohibition was in effect while carrying the American Airlines (AA) code, the DOT said in a statement. Under a statement of authorisation permitting…
NOTAM Number : FDC 6/5257 Download shapefiles Issue Date : November 09, 2016 at 1534 UTC Location : New York, New York near LA GUARDIA VOR/DME (LGA) Beginning Date and Time : Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time : January 21, 2017 at 0459 UTC Reason for NOTAM : Temporary flight restrictions for VIP Movement…
A passenger travelling on a Jet Airways flight from Delhi to Doha succumbed to serious illness on Tuesday, despite the flight being diverted to Karachi following the medical emergency. As the passenger reported sick during the flight, the airline decided to go in for an emergency landing around 2 a.m. in Karachi. “Our flight 9W202…
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are invesigating several cases where unathorised transmissions were broadcasted on Air Traffic Control frequencies. There have been a total of 15 cases of these malicous transmissions at Melbourne, Avalon & Hobart in Australia. “Airservices said at no time was safety jeopardised as a result of these calls, and Airservices is…
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The world’s shortest flight, a tiny hop between two remote British islands, celebrated Monday taking its millionth passenger on the route. The 2.7km (1.7-mile) flight between Westray and Papa Westray in the Orkney islands, off mainland Scotland’s northeast coast, holds the Guinness World Record as the shortest scheduled service.The flight, in an eight-seater Britten Norman…
British Airways has suspended a pilot after pictures emerged of a man in stockings appearing to pleasure himself at the controls. Although father-of-one Colin Glover denies he is the person in the photos, the airline that has employed him for 26 years has seen fit to temporarily relieve him of his duties. The snaps reveal…
Airbus expects to sell around 670 aircraft this year, matching its planned deliveries, Mark Pearman-Wright, head of leasing and investor marketing, told the Airline Economics conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Airbus Group officially targets more than 650 commercial deliveries, but the company’s finance director last week told analysts that it actually would deliver more…
Emirates has announced what it says will be the world’s shortest scheduled A380 flight between Dubai and Doha, a distance of just 379km. The Gulf carrier will roster the superjumbo onto one of its nine daily frequencies on the route from December 1. The flight departs Dubai at 0745, arriving into Doha at 0805, with…
