A pilot from Shaheen Air chose to abort departure after spotting a hole in the wing of the plane he was flying. The pilot on Monday declined to fly the plane with the damaged wing. This problem occurred on flight NL721 to Jeddah from Peshawar. Once the pilot realised the plane had not been checked…
A man has been arrested after trying to open the door of an Air Europa plane travelling between Majorca and Ibiza mid-flight. 44 year old Romanian was overpowered by crew and passengers who held him until the plane reached his destination and he was handed over to police. The scare happened on Monday morning. Unnamed…
The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER in the southern Indian Ocean has covered over 80,000 square kilometres, and is likely wind up in June 2016 if the aircraft is not found. Two vessels, Fugro Discovery and Havila Harmony, are presently in the search area, says Australia’s Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JAAC) in…
KLM says “disturbed passenger” injured himself and a co-pilot on a flight to China before being overpowered by the crew and other passengers. The airline issued statement on Tuesday saying the incident happened on Sunday’s KL897 flight from Amsterdam to Beijing. The carrier says the flight was never at a risk and had landed as…
Qatar Airways has rung in the New Year with a new daily, non-stop service between Los Angeles International Airport and Hamad International Airport in Doha. The new route features the airline’s landmark Boeing 777-200 and represents Qatar Airways’ first passenger service to the West Coast of the United States. Details
Southampton Airport’s first ever TV advert has gone live on Sky channels in the south-east region of the UK, aimed at encouraging viewers to book direct and fly local. The 30 second advert will focus on four key travel themes which can be experienced by flying direct from Southampton Airport. These themes include beaches and…
A flight was delayed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday (January 2) after a drone was spotted flying over a runway. The departure runway delayed the flight at 12.45pm after the drone was seen to occupy Heathrow air space. A spokesperson for the airport said: “The departure runway was closed for seven minutes.“It didn’t cause significant…
Michel Retif, Turcat Andre, Henri Perrier and Jacques Guignard were the first Concorde team André Turcat, the first aviator to have scrambled Concorde March 2, 1969, died Monday night at age 94 at his home in the region of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), d According to people close to her family. Pilot testing of the first flight…
Etihad Airways today launched fresh legal action in a bid to overturn a German court’s decision to revoke the approval for 29 of its codeshare flights with airberlin. Last week, the Administrative Court of Braunschweig decided that the German ministry of transport was entitled to reject the 29 Etihad Airways-airberlin codeshares, which had been approved…
The annual UK train price change has come into effect and sees fares increase by an average of 1.1 per cent, while easyJet’s flight prices are lower than they were 20 years ago. The airline famously launched air fares for the price of a pair of jeans back in 1995 with starting fares between Luton…
In a rare bright spot for the beleaguered aircraft, European plane maker Airbus has won a deal to sell three A380 superjumbo jets to ANA Holdings. Japan’s biggest carrier will pay roughly $1.25 billion for the planes. Details
A KLM plane flying from Amsterdam to Singapore made an emergency landing in Bucharest on Sunday night after a child on board had heart problems. The child apparently had a cardiac arrest and although a doctor on board tried to resuscitate him, his condition didn’t improve, according to a witness. The captain decided to land…