A Turkish Airlines flight from New York City to Turkey was diverted at a Canadian airport amid fears of a bomb early Sunday morning. The plane was diverted to Halifax Stanfield International Airport, a Twitter account for the airport said. The airport (@HfxStanfield) tweeted the plane made a safe landing, and that 256 passengers had…
NASA took a significant step Friday with its first mission order from Hawthorne, California based-company SpaceX to launch astronauts from U.S. soil. This is the second in a series of four guaranteed orders NASA will make under the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contracts. The Boeing Company of Houston received its first crew mission order…
A United Airlines flight carrying New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was delayed Friday after a passenger was removed from the plane. A source with knowledge of the situation told CNN there is no indication that the passenger, who the source said was a man, crossed paths with the New Jersey governor. The source said after…
After protracted negotiations, Russia has finally inked a deal with China for the sale of 24 Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighters. Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of Rostec, said lengthy negotiations had concluded in a contract to supply 24 Su-35 multipurpose fighters to China, according to comments quoted by the Russian dailyhttp://ift.tt/1jcJ0E7
Six employees of Russian regional airline Volga-Dnepr were killed in Friday’s attack on a hotel in Mali, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, confirming earlier media reports. “Among the many foreigners captured as hostages there were citizens of Russia – employees of the airline Volga-Dnepr,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement. “Among those…
Qantas has launched the new Qantas Group Travel website in the UK, enabling a simpler system for travel agents to process group travel bookings to Dubai, Australia and beyond. The first for any airline in Australia, the Qantas Group Travel website will be available to all UK based travel agents holding a valid IATA number,…
United Airlines will unveil new United Club lounges in both Atlanta and San Francisco, offering customers modern designs with stunning panoramic views of the airfields. Also on offer is comfortable seating to work or relax, fresh and healthy food choices, complimentary beverages and plentiful power outlets throughout. Details
German chancellor Angela Merkel has visited the Lufthansa Group in Frankfurt. The visit to the facility was occasioned by the opening of the new traffic Integrated Operations Control Centre, an exchange with apprentices, as well as the naming ceremony of an Airbus A380. Chancellor Merkel began her visit by officially opening Lufthansa’s new traffic control…
Delta will no longer accept pets as checked baggage, but will continue to transport allowable pets in all cabins of service except Delta One, effective March 1, 2016. Customers may also ship pets for travel within the United States as freight through Delta Cargo. One notable exception to this new policy: Members of the military…
An Indonesian airline has grounded a pilot after he allegedly offered a flight attendant to passengers as compensation for a delay on a flight to the resort island of Bali. Loud moaning sounds were also heard from the cockpit throughout the Lion Air flight, with one passenger left so shocked that he lodged a complaint…
Thousands of airport workers in Chicago, Boston, New York City, Newark, Philadelphia, and Fort Lauderdale are expected to strike on Wednesday night and into Thursday. The workers, mostly cabin and airport cleaners, are subcontracted by outside companies to work with various airlines, including JetBlue (JBLU), Delta (DAL) and United (UAL). They will be striking for…
Qantas looks to the Boeing 777-8 as a 2020’s replacement for the Airbus A380 in order to open up ultra long-range routes such as SYD-JFK.http://ift.tt/1MO61ci