A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 was damaged in a tug incident after being hit by a tug at London Stansted Airport. The Boeing 737-800 sustained substantial damage with parts of the lower belly ripped off underneath the aircraft. However, the registration of the plane is unknown as of now. The incident took place when the 737…
Former Alitalia flight attendants undressed in a protest in the streets of Rome over job losses on Wednesday earlier this week. The ex-Alitalia stripped off their uniforms in protest at the airline’s demise. The protest resulted after Unions failed to reach an agreement with ITA over labour terms for former Alitalia employees. Only 3,000 of…
Qantas has brought forward the restart of flights from Melbourne and Sydney to destinations including London, Singapore, Bangkok and Johannesburg as Australia’s two biggest states prepare to reopen for international travel. Qantas said that the reopening of state and international borders in the coming months meant all 11,000 employees who remain stood down would be…
Aircraft services at Brisbane Airport were temporarily suspended around 11am local time after a tornado touched down near the airport. The Brisbane Airport Corporation has told local media, including ABC News Australia, that they are currently assessing damage but there have been no reports of injuries. the supercell that caused the tornado dumped 101mm of…
Frankfurt Hahn Airport has filed for insolvency, according to a German court filing on Tuesday, 19 October. However, it is unclear how this filing would affect the previously scheduled flight operations from the German international budget flights hub, primarily used by low-cost airline Ryanair. Today 82.5% of the airport is owned by Chinese airport group…
An Ex-Jet Airways Boeing 777-300ER left Amsterdam Schipol, where it had been parked for 2.5 years since the spring of 2019. The Boeing 777-300ER, with new American registration N377CL (formerly VT-JEW), departed Schipol at 11:55 local time and arrived in Victorville at 13:29 local time on Tuesday, October 19. The Boeing 777 was bought by…
Morocco’s government has decided to suspend flights to and from Germany, UK, and the Netherlands. The suspension will take effect starting today at 23:59 p.m. local time, the National Office of Airports (ONDA) reported. The measure will be in effect until further notice, the statement added. Royal Air Maroc (RAM) also tweeted about the suspension…
Charlotte Airport was out of the water after the water main in the city ruptured, sending out water cascading into the sky. The major water main broke out at 1400 Remount Road at around 5 pm, impacting the city’s main airport’s operation, several neighbourhoods and dozens of local businesses. After the breakout, the water authority…
Singapore Airlines has announced that it will operate the world’s shortest Airbus A380 flight between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur starting in early November. Singapore Airlines confirmed that it would deploy A380s on flights SQ106 (SIN-KUL) and SQ105 (KUL-SIN) three times a week starting November 4 to December 2, 2021. In addition, the Changi based airline…
All Nippon Airways has finally taken the physical delivery of its third and last of three Airbus A380s from Toulouse. The third All Nippon Airways A380, with registration JA383A, took off from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport bound to Tokyo-Narita in its unique Orange turtle livery at 06:10 pm local time on Friday, October 15 arriving in Tokyo…
British Airways has announced that it will be opening its doors to new cabin crew recruits to work for the airline from spring next year to help fly its summer schedule. The airline has already contacted people in the existing talent pools, which holds the details of people who left the business last year but…
After operating the aircraft for over two decades, Lufthansa Cargo has announced that it will retire its last remaining MD-11 freighter on Friday, 15th October. The MD-11 freighter, with registration D-ALCC, is coincidentally the last MD-11 registered in Europe. The final touchdown at Frankfurt airport is scheduled to take place at noon. The 23-year-old tri-jet…