VLM Airlines has announced on June 22nd 2016 that they will be filing for bankruptcy after what has seemed to have been a promising start to the airline’s relaunch. They posted on Twitter that all flights have been cancelled and that operations have been permanently suspended. The airline currently operated with Fokker F50 aircraft and…
Police had to be called and five people were escorted off an airplane after a fight broke out in China on Saturday. The brawl reportedly happened because a woman kept complaining about the delayed flight from Beijing to Xi’an. When another passenger on the Hainan Airlines flight became involved she started hitting him with her…
KLM is set to launch a new service which will take off from Dublin Airport for the first time in half a century after sealing a deal on a new route to Amsterdam. The Dutch flag carrier will start its twice daily service between the Irish capital and Schiphol Airport on October 30. The flights…
UK National Carrier British Airways have announced a new route addition to their Germany portfolio with a new route to Berlin from London City, operating 3 times per day. This is following the airline’s success in the German market with the opening of routes to Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt accordingly. The route will be operated…
Iran has reached a deal to buy 100 planes from U.S. plane maker Boeing, and the two sides are awaiting approval by U.S. Treasury authorities, the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation said in remarks published by state media on Sunday. So far, Boeing has only been granted permission to present its products to Iran…
Worldwide IT glitch at British Airways check-in desks has been causing delays at Gatwick and Heathrow airports this weekend. The airline says the glitch has now been fixed – but delays are still ongoing. According to the messages the airline posted online, the system is now back up and running but there are still delays due to the…
Air Canada today is launching daily 787 Dreamliner service on its Vancouver-Newark route. The carrier’s 787 Dreamliners offer the choice of three cabins of service including its new Business Class – Transcontinental option. “We look forward to welcoming onboard customers travelling between the New York area and Vancouver, Air Canada’s Pacific hub, and experiencing our…
To accomodate the greater amount of passengers flowing through Gothenburg Landvetter airport every day, month and year plans are now ready for an expansion of the airport. An investment nearing 1.9 billion Swedish Crowns is needed to put the plans into reality. The airport has grown steadily since the last 20 years with a bigger growth…
The arrival of flight AC828 at Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport this morning marks the successful launch of non-stop service between Montreal and Lyon, the only year-round non-stop service between North America and Lyon. Flights will operate five times weekly during the summer and four times weekly during the winter with a Boeing 767-300ER featuring 24 International Business…
The European Unions has lifted most of its restrictions on Iran Air as part of the latest changes to the bloc’s list of unsafe carriers. The EU also removed Air Madagascar, Citilink, Lion Air & Batik Air as well as all airlines from Zambia. Iran Air will be allowed to operate flights with the exemption…
