NEWS Passengers removed from flight after plane begins leaking fuel on tarmac at Melbourne Airport.

A Sydney bound Virgin Australia flight was preparing for departure when ground crew noticed a fuel leak. The ARFF we’re called to attend the incident at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport at around 8:15am this morning. A Virgin Australia spokeswomen said: “The captain decided to return to the gate at Melbourne Airport in accordance with standard operating…

NEWS United Airlines is to stop all service to Dubai from Washington in January as US Gov workers fly Emirates

Story by Forbes United says it will end its Washington Dulles-Dubai flight next month due to the difficulty of competing with the subsidized Gulf carriers, especially after a federal agency has determined that government employees traveling on the route should fly on Emirates aircraft. In August, the General Services Administration awarded the 2016 contract for…