A British Airways flight carrying 27 tonnes of medical aid to coronavirus hit-Indian has taken off from Heathrow Airport. The Boeing 777-200 aircraft took off from the London airport at 5pm on Wednesday for the eight-hour journey to Delhi, India’s capital city. British Airways and its sister company IAG Cargo will cover the costs of…
The former CEO of Etihad, James Hogan, was caught at Heathrow trying to violate the UK’s quarantine rules. He is now facing a fine of £10,000. Hogan flew from Geneva to London Heathrow on March 19 using his UK passport. However, he didn’t declare that he had visited the United Arab Emirates days before his…
A 9-year-old boy was found safe after making his way into the conveyer-belt baggage handling system at Minneapolis International Airport on Saturday. He went missing when a group of around 20 travellers were checking in their bags. In a statement, Pat Hogan, spokesperson for Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport via MPR News said: “Among them was a…
Boeing and the Lufthansa Group today announced the airline group will continue its fleet modernization with a new order for five 787-9 Dreamliners. The incremental order further supports the group’s efforts to reduce complexity in its long-haul fleet and improve overall environmental performance by introducing more fuel-efficient widebody jets. The Lufthansa Group placed its initial…
Three Stars of the hit Netflix show “Too Hot to Handle” were fined for abusing and threatening British Airways crew members. Matthew Mawhinney, 29, Harry Johnson, 28, and Beaux Greenslade, 23, were arrested after they landed at Heathrow Airport for a connecting flight. They were filming the series in the Turks and Caicos Islands. They…
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…
