The European Union’s transport chief intends to start fighting alleged unfair subsidies to airlines based in the Persian Gulf within months in a bid to create a “level playing field” for EU competitors. European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc said she hopes EU governments will give her an “open and flexible” mandate by April to negotiate…
British Airways BA CityFlyer E170 on aircraft G-LCYL operated from Edinburgh to Edinburgh as BA7038 yesterday evening heading north and circling the Faroe Island for Northern Lights spotting. The aircraft departed Edinburgh at 21:30 and returned at midnight. The aircraft returned to service in the morning at 06:40 operating BA8701 to London City from Edinburgh.
Today, A British Airways flight to Athens, operating on 767 G-BZHA, departed London at 12:37 – and had to return to Heathrow once it was over the English Channel because the crew noticed a fuel leak and had to shut down one of the engines of the aircraft. Crew stopped the climb at 20,000ft and…
According to thebasource.com, A British Airways 747, registered G-BYGB is stuck at Dallas airport as it was discovered the aircraft has sustained damaged to the fan blades of the one of the engines
Boeing and Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, announced an order for 75 737 MAX 8 airplanes at the 2015 Dubai Airshow today.http://ift.tt/1Ozcj1B
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has cancelled more than 900 flights today as cabin crew walk out on strike. Lufthansa said 929 of the 3,000 planned scheduled flights to or from Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich would be cancelled today, affecting 113,000 passengers. Details
WOW air, the ultra-low-cost transatlantic airline from Iceland, is to begin flying to the US West Coast in summer 2016 with Los Angeles and San Francisco confirmed as their fifth and sixth destinations in North America. The routes will be serviced by three new Airbus A330-300 aircraft, the first wide-body planes in the WOW air…
Air Canada has announced it is boosting international flights at its Vancouver hub next summer with double daily flights from Vancouver to London Heathrow. In addition, the airline’s new non-stop flights from Vancouver to Brisbane, Australia will now launch two weeks earlier on June 1st to meet demand. Details
Etihad Airways has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, and also with Miral Asset Management, which oversees the development and management of a range of hospitality, sports, entertainment, retail and leisure destinations on Yas Island. The two MOUs will cement stronger ties between the three parties, and promote…
Computer malfunction in the Germany government plane The government A340 Airbus with the boss of the diplomacy of Germany was already on the runway, of the Berlin Tegel airport ready for take-off, when reached the failure of the on-board computer and the start to Italy turned out to be impossible.
Defense Vladimir Padrino Lopez said Sunday the aircraft flew out of Curacao, a Dutch island not far off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast. He said the plane was detected over the Venezuelan archipelago of Los Monjes on Friday, but gave no evidence to support his claim. (AP)