Ukraine has said it will ban Russian airlines from flying into the country as part of sanctions over Moscow’s support for rebels in the east. Kiev said the measures would take effect on 25 October and would include major Russian airlines Aeroflot and Transaero. Russian transit flights will also be banned if the planes carry…
James Gray, has been banned from flying KLM after trying to open a plane door in flight and says he mistook it for the toilet. He has been fined £434 by the airline after the incident on the flight from Edinburgh to Amsterdam. He has been banned from flying KLM for five years. James says…
France said on Sunday it had launched air strikes against an Islamic State group training camp in eastern Syria. Five Rafale, an Atlantique 2 and a tanker C-135 aircraft were involved in this mission. The strike began at 4:30 am (UTC) today. The raid lasted about five hours .
Emirates will be able to connect even more people and cargo with Algiers on 1st October when it switches from its Airbus A340-300 currently operating the route to a larger Boeing 777-300 aircraft. Details
Air India is rumoured to begin new route linking the technology hotspots of Bangalore to San Francisco. 8,699 miles apart. If the flight is government approved, this particular route will be the world’s longest non-stop route with flight time of between 17 and 18 hours. Current longest flight is operated by Qantas, from Dallas to…
Disabled teenager with cerebral palsy was thrown off flight and banned from travelling along because he was ‘not sitting in his seat properly’ and was making other passengers nervous on the flight. David Bysooa who is 16 from London was escorted from Air Mauritius flight at Heathrow when he became upset after being moved seat…
Japan is home to some of the world’s biggest automakers, is one of the biggest shipmakers, and its trains run on subways and high-speed tracks around the globe. One industry Japan hasn’t been able to penetrate is construction of passenger jets. Mitsubishi Aircraft is aiming to change that with Japan’s first new passenger plane in…
Alaska Airlines and Icelandair have entered into a codeshare agreement and frequent flier partnership, which will give customers easier connections and more ways to earn benefits when flying between the US and Europe. With the new codeshare agreement, to take effect November 1st pending government approval, customers flying on Alaska Airlines and Icelandair will enjoy…
Air Canada and Amadeus today announced they have reached a new multi-year distribution agreement through which all Amadeus travel agency customers, both offline and online, will have access to all fares and seat availability. Air Canada will take advantage of Amadeus Fare Families and Amadeus Ancillary Services, providing travel agency customers with access to the…
Boeing has opened its research and technology centre in South Carolina, which is devoted to current and next-generation technology development. Boeing leaders joined local dignitaries and employees for a ribbon cutting and tours of the 104,000-square-foot Boeing Research & Technology-South Carolina centre, which leads the company’s research and development efforts in areas of advanced manufacturing…
A Chinese aircraft performed an unsafe manoeuvre during an air intercept of a U.S. spy plane last week, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday, an incident revealed just as Chinese President Xi Jinping kicks off a week-long U.S. visit. The intercept occurred on Sept. 15, about 80 miles east of the Shandong peninsula in the…
Boeing has welcomed China president Xi Jinping to its wide-body commercial airplane factory and announced several agreements that will broaden and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation between Boeing and China. The agreements include orders and commitments for 300 Boeing narrow-body and wide-body aircraft and expanded collaboration between Boeing and China’s commercial aviation industry. Details