U.S. authorities moved Monday to seize a $350 million Boeing jet believed to be one of the world’s most expensive private airplanes from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. A federal magistrate judge signed a warrant authorizing the seizure of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that authorities said was worth less than $100 million before a lavish customization.…
Gatwick airport has apologised to a disabled woman who was left stranded on a plane for more than an hour and a half after staff did not come to help her. Victoria Brignell, from west London, who is paralysed from the neck down, was returning home on Saturday after a holiday in Malta. She was…
Heathrow Airport has ordered airlines to artificially cap the number of passengers onboard flights over the next two months to prevent potentially dangerous overcrowding in its terminals. The West London airport reportedly wants to slash the number of passengers passing through Terminal 5, the largest of only four terminals at Heathrow, by as many as…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Serbia has been cancelled after countries around Serbia closed their airspace to his aircraft. Lavrov had been due to hold talks in Belgrade on Monday with the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, but Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro closed their airspace to the plane that would have carried Moscow’s…
President Joe Biden and Wife Jill Biden were evacuated from their Rehoboth Beach home to a nearby fire station after an aircraft crossed into restricted airspace. In a statement made by the US Secret Service earlier today, it was announced that an aircraft entered restricted airspace around 1:00pm local time, forcing the Bidens to a…
Since the implementation of Ryanair’s Boeing 737 MAX fleet at its Essex-based hub, the airport’s Flight Evaluation Unit has recorded a 40% reduction in noise compared to its slightly older Boeing 737-800 jets. The slightly higher density MAX 8 model, designated the Boeing 737-8200, has been active in Ryanair’s fleet since 2021. The “next-generation” CFM…
A woman has claimed that she was told to “cover up” by Alaska Airlines staff when preparing to board a flight. A female passenger shared a video on the social media showing her sitting in a plane cabin. She claims : “Alaska Airlines just told me I had to ‘cover up’ if I wanted to…
Aeroflot and two other Russian airlines have been prevented from selling their UK airport slots worth an estimated £50 million under new government sanctions. The UK government has introduced sanctions against Russian state-owned Aeroflot, the country’s largest airline, plus Ural Airlines and Rossiya Airlines. All three will be unable to sell unused landing slots at…
The Chinese Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC) is prohibiting Russian Boeing and Airbus aircraft, which foreign leasing companies own, from flying through or landing in its airspace. Western leasing companies that have terminated their contracts with Russian airlines due to the sanctions imposed on the country own a large portion of Russia’s comercial airline fleet. Airlines…
Norwegian Air has reached an agreement in principle with Boeing for a recommitment to purchase 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.The agreement also includes options for an additional 30 aircraft. The 50 aircraft are due to be delivered between 2025 and 2028, at a schedule closely corresponding to current aircraft lease expirations. This entails a…
Chaos at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport due to staff shortages and number of passengers. Cancellations, delays, staff shortages and a strike have led to chaos at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport as people attempt to take to the skies for the May holidays. Authorities are warning of significantly longer waiting times and the airport is attempting to reduce…
The Navy told Top Gun’s producer that China re-oriented spy satellites above the shooting of TOP GUN Maverick. In the opening moments of Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise’s Capt. Pete Mitchell takes an an experimental hypersonic plane called “The Darkstar”. Some posited that it could be the legendary SR-71 Blackbird which could fly at Mach…