Finnair said that some of its airplanes flying near Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave and eastern border with Russia had noticed interference with the plane’s GPS in the last few days. The interference reportedly began after Finnish President Sauli Niinisto met U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on Saturday to discuss increasing defence ties between Finland and…
An 80-year-old pilot from Germany drew a giant dove in the sky. An 80-year-old man from Brandenburg thought bigger and painted a peace dove on the sky. The pilot took off from Eggersdorf Airport, near Berlin using its small aircraft (reg.D-MUPY) for a 2-hour flight. It is not the first work of the artistic pilot. The…
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport has temporarily closed its Terminal D. The state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported this decision is due to the “situation in the aviation industry,” Several Russian airlines including Aeroflot have halted all international flights after the European Union, Britain, the U.S. and Canada banned Russian planes from their airspace due to Moscow’s…
China has reportedly refused to supply aircraft parts to Russian airlines, as said by Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia’s spokesperson on Thursday. He also said that Russia would look to source those parts from other countries, including Turkey and India after China refused to supply them. All three major manufacturers, Airbus, Boeing and Embraer have already…
A Russian missile has hit a technical building on the International airport. Last evening, Russian troops fired missiles at Boryspil. One missile was destroyed, while another hit the technical premises of the KBP Airport. Several wounded were reported in the attack. Air raid alarms went off across the region a few times throughout the night…
An Antonov cargo plane that carried COVID-19 test kits to Canada has been grounded at Toronto’s Pearson Airport as part of the international response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The plane, which is owned by a Russian company, has been grounded for most of this week after flight bans imposed by the West disrupted travel…
This Morning, Cologne Bonn Airport tweeted a picture showing support to Ukraine. Cologne Bonn Airport said “A picture sometimes says more than 1000 words! Great campaign by our ground”. Cologne Bonn Airport is the international airport of Germany’s fourth-largest city Cologne. It is the seventh-largest passenger airport in Germany and the third-largest in terms of…
A Russian Ilyushin Il-96 special flight departed St. Petersburg to Washington to pick up Russian diplomats. A Ilyushin Il-96 Russian left Moscow en route to St. Petersburg on Friday night and then landed in Washington Dulles airport to pick up 13 expelled Russian diplomats, according to the State Department. “The U.S. government approved a flight…
Russia has also lost a Su-30SM in Ukraine today. A S-300PS surface-to-air missile system of Ukraine fired a pair of missiles at a Russian military aircraft. The fighter was shot down in the west of Odessa is a Su-30SM multirole fighters of 43rd Independent Naval Attack Aviation Regiment of Russian Navy based in Crimea. The…
Aeroflot is suspending all international flights from March 8. On Saturday, Aeroflot informed about the suspension of all international flights from March 8 (00:00 Moscow time) due to ‘additional circumstances that impede flight operations’. The cancellation also applies to international destinations off Rossiya and Aurora airlines (flights in the range SU5400-5799 and SU5950-6999). To mitigate…
European aircraft leasing companies have until March 28 to end all rental contracts in Russia following Western sanctions. On Sunday, the European Union gave aircraft lessors until March 28 to end any rental contracts in Russia. The move is part of the EU’s sweeping sanctions to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin, which banned “any plane…
A ground handler shows his support to Ukraine in front of a Russian plane. A ground handler at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, waved the Ukrainian flag in front of an Aeroflot plane. The worker was reported and was later suspended from his job.