A baby was born four months premature after her mum went into labour on a flight to the US from Paris. The plane was diverted to Dublin after Jenny Drake’s waters broke mid-air. Tiny daughter Zoe Ireland Drake weighed 1.8lbs when born at 25 weeks on Saturday just minutes before arriving at the hospital. Speaking…
Fighter jets from South Korea and the United States intercepted two Russian warplanes after they flew near a US aircraft carrier operating off the Korean peninsula, officials said Thursday. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the USS Ronald Reagan — a massive, nuclear-powered supercarrier — was involved in a military exercise with South Korean partners…
Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) & ARFF were called to Melbourne airport mid morning today when tins of beetroot were mistaken for explosive devices. The concerned was raised when a reddish purple colored liquid substance was noticed leaking from tins with devices attached to the tins. After an investigation was taken out the devices were…
CFM International has delivered the first advanced LEAP-1B engines to Boeing to support factory rollout of the first 737 MAX airplane before year end and first flight in early 2016. “The entire team has done an outstanding job getting the LEAP-1B engine to this point,” said Allen Paxson, executive vice president of CFM International. “We…
El Al Israel Airlines announced plans to add up to 14 Boeing 787 Dreamliners to its all-Boeing fleet. The Israeli flag carrier said on Thursday it had placed an order for up to nine 787s with Boeing, with a value of over $2.2 billion at current list prices.http://ift.tt/1GMpGss
China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) has signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) with Airbus for the acquisition of 30 A330 Family aircraft and 100 A320 Family aircraft. The 30 A330s are the firm up of the commitment signed in June 2015. The GTA was signed in Beijing by Li Hai, President and CEO of…
It was a case that gripped the nation. Or at least Kentucky. Should it have temporarily escaped your pressured memory, William Merideth in July said he saw a drone flying above his property in Hillview, Kentucky. He believed it was spying on his 16-year-old daughter who was sunbathing in the garden. So he took out…
A woman flying from Dubai to New York City was molested by a male passenger who rubbed lotion on her body as she slept, according to federal investigators who say the suspect told flight attendants that the victim “enjoyed it because she did not resist.” The assault occurred Monday on a 13-hour Emirates flight, according…
Japan Airlines will be serving Champagne Salon 2004 in First Class on all international routes from November. The move comes in advance of Champagne Salon’s own global distribution planned to start from next spring. Japan Airlines has been offering Champagne Salon to its First Class customers since December 2007, and JAL is the only airline…
Demand at Heathrow has continued to grow, with traffic up 2.3 per cent to a record 56.9 million passengers. Service quality was also ahead of other European hubs during a record summer, with five separate days where Heathrow welcomed over a quarter of a million passengers per day. Details
Customers flying in First with British Airways will now be able to browse at their leisure through the airline’s new luxury in-flight magazine. In a first for in-flight magazines, the new-look First appears in a bespoke journal-like size with unique cover artwork and specially textured paper, giving it a book-like feel. The launch coincides with…
Emirates has announced a new codeshare and lounge agreement with Alaska Airlines. Pending governmental approval, Emirates will begin marketing up to 300 daily Alaska Airlines flights, which will give customers the simplicity of purchasing connecting flights on both airlines using one reservation, and a seamless ticketing, check-in, boarding and baggage check experience during the entire…