A man was arrested at New York’s John F Kennedy Airport last week after customs agents found he was trying to smuggle 35 live finches into the US. Federal prosecutors said the man, Kevin Andre McKenzie, stuffed the tiny birds inside hair curlers hidden under his jacket and ankles in a special cylindrical container. The…
CEO Dave Calhoun implemented a “zero tolerance” policy following the May 2020 death of George Floyd. Since June of last year, aerospace company Boeing has fired 65 employees and disciplined 53 others over behavior described as racist, discriminatory and hateful, according to a new company report on diversity. The data follows a “zero tolerance” policy…
A court in South Korea fined a former Asiana Airlines CEO almost $1,800 (£1,300, 2m won) for refusing female staff members to take menstrual leave. Kim Soo-Cheon refused 138 requests from 15 flight attendants to take menstrual leave between May 2014 and June 2015. He claimed the flight attendants did not provide sufficient proof of…
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said that it would suspend Air France’s flights from Paris to Shanghai for two weeks from 10th May due to contamination of the new coronavirus. Six passengers who arrived on an April 20 flight operated by the carrier tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Shanghai. In a…
When it comes to booking a holiday, often people put all the focus on the destination itself. It makes sense, after all, as the destination can make or break the vacation, and truly set the tone for what kind of holiday you have. However, your holiday actually starts the moment you leave the house. That…
During the past week, from 19 to 25 April, 58 people were caught with false Covid-19 test certificates at Brussels Airport. They were mainly Belgium residents who wished to travel abroad. Last week, 29,000 people travelled abroad from Brussels Airport. “This is a persistent minority, but these few people are hampering the safe travel of…
A Falcon was captured taking a break on the windshield wiper arm of a grounded Boeing 737 at Ciudad Real International Airport. The ground engineers took the video during an engine run-up test to get the Boeing 737 out of storage and back into commercial service. Ciudad Real International Airport is a private international airport,…
London City Airport has become the first major international airport in the world to be fully controlled by a remote digital air traffic control tower, following intensive testing and live trials of the revolutionary technology during lockdown. All flights on the summer schedule are being guided to land or take off from the heart of…
Atlanta police are assisting Arizona authorities in the search of a homicide suspect who escaped custody at the Atlanta airport Thursday morning. Investigators from Maricopa County, Arizona, were transporting Jsaan Carlos Strover, 20, from Georgia to Arizona when he escaped just before 9 a.m at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, police said. Strover was handcuffed at…
Boeing on Wednesday said it has paused deliveries of its 737 Max after an electrical issue grounded more than 100 of the planes worldwide earlier this month. The problem is the latest to impact the planes, which were grounded for most of 2019 and 2020 after two fatal crashes killed 346 people. Boeing had resumed…
Mahan Air’s 35-year old Boeing 747-300 has now started to fly again, after over five years of maintenance and heavy C-check in Teheran. This Boeing 747-300 is the world’s last passenger Boeing 747-300 aircraft. This Boeing 747 was parked at Mehrabad International Airport after suffering an uncontained engine failure in October 2015. The aircraft registration…
On Monday, an Air India flight from Sydney was forced to return without passengers after one of the crew members tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival. The crew members were allowed to operate the flight to Sydney after they tested negative in a pre-departure test in Delhi. Upon arrival in Sydney on Sunday morning, the…