Drone ‘sighting’ at Manchester Airport grounds flights for 20 minutes Flights suspended and police helicopter deployed to investigate reports of a drone in Manchester Airport air space. All flights were suspended for 20 minutes at Manchester Airport after reports of a ‘drone’ flying in the area. Landings and takeoffs were first halted at around 11.35am on Monday while…
An airline pilot due to fly more than 260 passengers from London to Hong Kong has been arrested for allegedly possessing knives. The man was taken into custody at 21:20 BST on Saturday, an hour before his Cathay Pacific flight from Heathrow Airport was due to take off. Police said weapons were discovered during a…
All flights were suspended for 20 minutes at Manchester Airport after reports of a ‘drone’ flying in the area. Landings and takeoffs were first halted at around 11.35am on Monday while police searched for the craft. After 20 minutes, no drone could be found and services returned to normal shortly before midday. Runway two was…
Malaysia Airlines will be undertaking a network rationalisation exercise as part of the national carrier’s 12-point Recovery Plan outlined by Khazanah Nasional last year. Government controlled Khazanah Nasional took control of the airline following the loss of two Malaysian Airlines planes in 2014. The revised network plan is in line with MAS’ overall strategy to…
Screens have been installed at Heathrow Terminal 2 showing passengers live price and journey time comparisons between taxis and the airport’s train service to central London. The screens – a world first – combine real-time traffic, weather and Heathrow Express train service information into one user-friendly data feed, or ‘journey comparison generator,’ at the terminal’s…
United Airlines is set to add a seventh airport to its UK network this summer with the launch of seasonal nonstop service between Newcastle and its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport. With up to 17 departures per day from London/Heathrow to six of its US hubs and nonstop trans-Atlantic flights from Belfast, Birmingham,…
Turkish Airlines has announced a new daily flight from London Heathrow Airport to Istanbul, Turkey. This move signifies the popularity of the destination and the sought-after nature of the Turkish Airlines service for both business and pleasure with onward journeys available to more countries than any other airline.
Qatar Airways’ business jet division – is growing its international footprint by targeting corporations and the fast-growing number of high-net-worth individuals in Asia, reinforcing its strategy to tap into global growth markets.
easyJet is launching flights to five new destinations taking-off from Bristol Airport. Lanzarote take to the skie. New routes include Lanzarote, Porto, Gibraltar, Bilbao and Isle of Man.
Qantas is returning to the Perth-Singapore route as part of a number of improvements for West Australian travellers. From 26 June Qantas will operate five return Boeing 737 Perth-Singapore services each week – a total of almost 1700 seats.
A new report by a leading global environmental consulting firm has found that Heathrow’s expansion plan could lead to breaches in EU and UK air quality laws.
The search is continuing for a pilot missing in a light plane in southern or central Queensland, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) says. Pilot Rob Pavan flew out of Gympie in south-east Queensland on Saturday morning but did not make it to a small airstrip about 90 kilometres west of Gladstone in central Queensland.…