Airbus A321 did not have Etops certification required for journey Airline says it has fixed its software to identify correct aircraft. American Airlines mistakenly sent a plane that was not authorized to make such a long journey from Los Angeles to Honolulu, the airline company has confirmed. The company is now revising internal procedures, according American Airlines…
Xanthia Morrison had flown from Glasgow with the northern airline Jet2 for a friend’s wedding in Crete. She and her friend had bought alcohol from duty free and had began drinking it on the flight. The 34 year old says she handed it over to the staff after being told that she couldn’t have it.…
Emirates is reinforcing its commitment to Russia by upgrading the aircraft servicing the St Petersburg route to a Boeing 777-300ER, increasing capacity and offering an enhanced onboard experience. Details
Qatar Airways has engaged Dublin-based Arconics to implement an enterprise Corporate Document Management System (CDMS) for the global carrier. The 10-year agreement was recently signed in Doha by Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, and Arconics CEO, Niall O’Sullivan. Details
easyJet has put its spring schedule on sale for 2016 with a record number of flights and routes. Over 136,000 additional flights are set to take place across easyJet’s network between March 21st 2016 and June 26th 2016 providing more than 22.5 million seats. Of these, more than 12.8 million additional seats are now on…
Air Canada will launch non-stop service between Montreal and Casablanca, the carrier’s first African route and the only scheduled non-stop service to North Africa by a North American carrier. Flights between Montreal and the famed Moroccan city will be operated by Air Canada rouge beginning in summer 2016, subject to government approval. Details
A burst water-main has caused widespread chaos at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport this morning. The airport wrote on twitter this morning: We’re working to rectify water supply issue @melair as quickly as we can. Thanks for your patience. Terminal toilets were working during the 3 hour water outage as the reserve water supply was used for…
Canadian low-cost operator CanJet ceased flying operations on Sept. 1, 2015. A division of Halifax-based IMP Group Limited, the Boeing 737-800 operator had but a single aircraft remaining in its fleet, which will now be managed by Air Transat. The airline ran into difficulties in April 2014, when a five-year contract to operate leisure charters…
Two Russian Defence Ministry cargo planes with aid supplies landed at Bashar al-Assad International Airport, in the city of Latakia, on Saturday. Aircraft carried food, water cisterns and equipment for building a camp for more than 1,000 refugees, said Defence Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov.
A passenger on a Portland, Oregon-bound JetBlue flight is accused of urinating on fellow travelers, seats and luggage. Jeff D. Rubin, 27, slept through most of the three-hour flight originating from Anchorage, Alaska, according to a Port of Portland police report. About 30 minutes before landing “he stood up and began urinating through the crack…