US Police say a shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has killed at least two people. Spokesperson: Bear County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time. The Air Force base is the home of the US Air Force’s basic training programme. The…
On March 31st, KLM initiated a series of flights using sustainable biofuels between Oslo Gardermoen and Amsterdam’s Schiphol. It is said that these flights will be operated between a 5 or 6 week period to compare data between these biofuels and traditional jet fuel. The Biofuel will be used on the airline’s Embraer E190 aircraft.…
Thursday 7th April 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of operations between Reykjavik & Manchester for Icelandair. The first flight took off from Manchester on April 7th 2006 and have gone from 2 flights per week to 4 weekly flights in the Summer with intentions of going daily in the Winter. Andres Jonsson UK Director for…
Low cost carrier Transavia have celebrated a milestone already in their new base in Munich just 2 weeks after they opened their new base. They have received over 10,000 passengers within 14 days of operations. The 10,000th Passenger was given a voucher from Transavia which enables her to pick a destination within Transavia’s network. The…
Atlas Air have announced on April 7th that they have completed the Acquisition of cargo firm Southern Air, who are a provider of domestic and international cargo operations, for $110 million and have not assumed any of the company’s debt with the acquisition. The deal is still subject to customary adjustments between the 2 airlines. …
The 3,110 metre runway will be built 1.6km north of the existing main runway and is expected to be delivered in 2020. Dublin Airport is investing in the region of €320 million in this multi-faceted project which will comprise multiple contracts and packages of works. Dublin Airport received planning permission in August 2007 to build…
There has been talk into easyJet’s passenger numbers and statistics as they are not the LCC (Low-Cost Carrier) that they used to be many years ago. Following the very quick growth of Ryanair as well as their improved customer service through their AGB (Always Getting Better) program, Ryanair has been able to dominate the LCC…
Maryam Moshiri, BBC says: “Easyjet says it carried 70.7 million passengers over the past year. Thats up 7.2% on the previous 12 months. The airline has also said that its planes are 91.5% full with passengers.” The news comes as the budget airline says it flew more than 5.7m passengers in March despite having to…
Qatar Airways has added a second daily non-stop flight between New York’s John F Kennedy Airport & Hamad International Airport, Doha. This brand new morning route will be operated by the airline’s Airbus A350-900 aircraft. This marks the milestone of the third Airbus A350 flight to be operated within the United States, featuring the 2…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a safety directive warning pilots of 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes to avoid abrupt flight-control inputs in the event of sudden, unrealistic drop in indicated airspeed. The FAA also requires 787-8 and 787-9 operators to update the flight manual with the warning message: AIRSPEED DROP In the event of…
Low cost airline Norwegian continues their UK expansion by putting on sale a brand new route from London Gatwick to Crete. The airline will be operating one way fares for £29.90. This marks the 5th new summer route that the airline is introducing for this summer. The flights are due to start on April 28th…
German carrier airberlin have announced plans to massively expand their Winter Schedule for 2016/17. The second largest airline in Germany will base an additional Airbus A330-200 aircraft at Berlin Tegel Airport, with 19 seats in Business Class and 271 in Economy. The Economy Seats feature the 48 XL Seats which offer 20% more legroom. This…