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…
All passengers on a delayed flight have been forced into 14 days of hotel quarantine after Queensland shut its border while the flight was mid-air. Virgin Australia’s flight VA469 from Perth International Airport to Brisbane was scheduled to leave Perth at 1:40 pm on Friday. However, the flight was delayed due to engineering matters. The…
A fistfight involving seven people broke out on Sunday at the departure gate inside Miami International Airport. The fight broke out at the American Airlines terminal. One man was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct by the Miami-Dade police. Police later identified him as 20-year-old Jameel Tremain Decquir. He and the other three people were…
American tourists who have been fully vaccinated will be able to visit Europe starting this summer, said Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. In an interview with the New York Times, Ursula von der Leyen said that talks are ongoing between the EU and the US over reopening for tourism. “The Americans,…
London Heathrow Airport has turned down airline requests to operate extra repatriation flights from India before the country is added to the UK travel red list. Heathrow reportedly refused to offer more flights because of concerns about crowded immigration queues at passport control. Four carriers had requested to operate a total of eight extra flights…
Etihad Airways has decided to retire its entire fleet of Boeing 777-300ER’s by the end of this year to become more commercially sustainable. Etihad Airways Group CEO Tony Douglas revealed this move at a virtual aviation conference on Thursday. Speaking at the World Aviation Festival, he said: “You will see of us a very focused,…
Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order for 25 A321neo (New Engine Option) aircraft. This is in addition to Delta’s 2017 order of 100 A321neo aircraft. These planes will be powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines. “With our customers ready to reclaim the joy of travel, this agreement positions Delta for growth while…
It’s estimated that there are more than 5,000 airlines across the world, serving over 4.3 billion passengers every year. While you’re spoilt for choice in terms of which airline you go for, there are a certain few who go above and beyond to provide an exceptional service to their customers. If you’re after an airline…