Low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair will close two bases in Italy and stop services to another Italian destination completely over an increase in the country’s municipal tax. The Ireland-based LCC intends to close its bases at Alghero at Pescara from September, as well as cease services to Crotone, over a Jan. 1 rise in the tax…
British Airways is to begin flying from Stansted for the first time this summer. The airline announced today that it will begin flights from the Essex airport to Faro, Malaga, Palma and Ibiza from May 28. These flights will be operated by the airline’s subsidiary BA City Flyer using 98-seat Embraer 190 jets.
The first Solar Impulse 2 maintenance flight took place on Friday 26 of February. The plane took off from Kalaeloa airport at 4:32PM UTC with test pilot Markus Scherdel in the cockpit, and landed at 6:05PM UTC. During the hour and a half that it lasted, the team based at the Mission Control Center performed…
British Airways has flown generations of solo children around the world, with “flying nannies” looking after under-12s travelling alone. But in BA’s latest move to cut costs, the airline is ending its “Unaccompanied Minor” (UM) service – angering parents who face flying thousands of miles to pick up or deliver their offspring. The airline has…
According to a safety incident report published by the United Kingdom’s Airprox air safety board, an Airbus A319 landing at Heathrow International Airport last September narrowly avoided a collision with a drone flying at an altitude of 500 feet as the jet was on its final approach. The pilots reported the small hovering helicopter-style drone…
A woman claiming to have suffered whiplash due to a ‘heavy’ landing has been awarded over €19,000 in damages. Rose Collins, 27, explained that the plane bounced on the runway a few times and then came to a sharp halt. She says she was thrown forward and hit her head on the seat on front…
The British Airways Boeing 777 damaged by fire 5 months ago at Las Vegas is heading to Victorville Southern California Airport (VCV) for repaint. Then the plane will do some flight test before entering back in service. UPDATE British Airways B777 damaged by fire at Las Vegas is airborne to VCV for repaint https://t.co/RhTvQApnls pic.twitter.com/g3TSADsXB4…
More people than ever chose London Heathrow Airport in 2105, with the location welcoming 75 million passengers in 2015. The figure is a two per cent increase on 2014. The airport also recorded strong financial performance in 2015, with revenue of £2,765 million, up 2.7 per cent, and EBITDA of £1,605 million, up three per…
Norwegian has taken delivery of its first 787-9 Dreamliner. “This marks our continued commitment to the company’s global expansion ensuring travellers across that world access to high quality flights at a low fare,” Norwegian chief executive Bjørn Kjos said. Norwegian already operates eight 787-8s and will use its 787-9s to launch new routes across North…
A British-led online investigative team says it has identified Russian soldiers linked to a surface-to-air missile suspected of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine in 2014. The Bellingcat report paints a picture of up to 100 Russian soldiers and officers who it says could have known about or been involved in the plane’s downing…
Embraer rolled out the first E190-E2 single aisle passenger aircraft prototype, during a ceremony held at their headquarters in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. KC390 and Brazilian Air Force Super Tucano team salute @Embraer E190-E2 rollout pic.twitter.com/VdwMM1REaq — Guy Norris (@AvWeekGuy) 25 février 2016 The E2 is born….#E2rollout. Congratulations @embraer on a huge…
Thirteen climate change protesters whose demonstration at Heathrow caused 25 flights to be cancelled have been handed six-week suspended sentences. The activists have been banned from Heathrow and will have to do unpaid community work. They were found guilty last month of aggravated trespass and entering a security-restricted area.