Qantas is adding another direct service between Australia and Europe with the launch of a new route between Perth and Paris, just in time for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and European summer. Following the success of the national carrier’s unique direct flights from Perth to London and Rome, the new year-round route will…
When it comes to college, many students find themselves facing a sea of traditional academic pathways. From business to biology, the routes to potential careers seem well-trodden. But in the expansive world of aviation, a realm often associated only with piloting or aeronautical engineering, there lies a treasure trove of unique academic adventures waiting to…
British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Denver is diverting back. The Airbus A350-1000 was on its way to Denver when the crew decided to turn back. It departed LHR at 3:20 pm and was over the Atlantic, south of Iceland when the crew noticed something wrong. The aircraft (reg. G-XWBH) is suffering a technical…
The flight #AA714 from Philadelphia to Venezia was forced to divert to Boston for an emergency landing. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner took off from Philadelphia on time at 7:45pm EDT. But one hour later, the crew contacted ATC about a medical emergency. The aircraft (N812AA) was rerouted to Boston when it landed 1,5 hour after…
An Air Arabia Maroc Airbus A320 sustained damage to its right engine while landing in strong winds at Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport in Morocco. The Airbus A320-200 with registration CN-NMI was performing flight 3O-378 from Barcelona to Tangier in Morocco. However, on landing on Tangier’s runway 10, the A320 experienced a hard landing and went…
An Air France pilot has died in California during a stopover, the airline confirmed. The body of Tom Gerbier, a Boeing 777 co-pilot , was found by a rescue helicopter in an area of the park known as ” The Notch” after the area’s search and rescue service issued an appeal to find the passionate…
Passengers on the low-cost airline easyJet went through an unusual situation last Sunday when their flight from Tenerife to London was canceled due to a mess left on the bathroom floor. Previously, the flight delay had already caused inconvenience, but the situation worsened when a passenger soiled the bathroom in such an extreme way that…
An Air Canada pilot has been fired after he shared anti-Israel social media posts of himself during a protest in Montreal. In a message posted Wednesday on X, formerly known as Twitter, the carrier said, “We can confirm the pilot in question no longer works for Air Canada, following the process initiated on Monday.” On…
A Volaris flight traveling within from Guadalajara to Mexico City on Friday was delayed due to a mosquito infestation, local media reported. Flight history for VOI221 on shows that the scheduled departure time of 4:30 pm CST was delayed until 6:59 pm CST. The flight was halted for over two hours as cabin crew members…
MYAirline suspends operations from Oct 12. Low-cost carrier MYAirline has announced it will suspend its operations from Oct 12, 2023, until further notice due to “significant financial pressures” pending a shareholder restructuring and recapitalisation of the airline. “We have worked tirelessly to explore various partnership and capital raising options to prevent this suspension. “Unfortunately, the…
A Beechcraft C90GTi King Air aircraft (PS-JCO) has crashed into a hangar at Bom Futuro Airport in Brazil. The accident took place when the KingAir aircraft was taking off, it began to tilt to the left, touched the left wing to the ground and headed towards the hangar. After the impact, an explosion occurred. Bom…
Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world’s oldest skydiver. A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after leaving her walker on the ground and making a tandem jump in northern Illinois. “Age is just a number,” Dorothy Hoffner told a cheering…