Ukraine on Sunday vowed to keep its airspace open to international travel despite Western warnings that Russian troops conducting drills near its borders could invade at any point. The Dutch carrier KLM on Saturday became the first major airline to indefinitely suspend flights to the former Soviet republic because of the rising risks. “The airspace…
On December 15, 2021, Reinaldo Junior was flying with GOL Linhas Aereas from Recife to Navengantes and had a stopover at Sao Paulo. Also onboard was Reinaldo’s five-year-old pet dog, Pandora. Pandora wasn’t with her owner, and she was being transported in a kennel. Things took a turn for the worse in Guarulhos International Airport,…
Footage of a snake stowaway on an AirAsia flight went viral on social media after the plane’s pilots had to make an emergency landing. A shocking video shows a snake on a plane crawling along the ceiling – forcing the pilot to carry out an emergency landing. The airline said the flight, which was heading…
Airbus has cancelled an order for two A350-1000 wide-body jets for Qatar Airways, monthly data issued by the planemaker showed on Tuesday. The move comes days after Airbus said it had revoked orders from the same Gulf carrier for 50 A321neo jets, widening a contractual and safety dispute between the companies over surface flaws on…
A woman was allegedly raped on board a flight from the US to the UK, leading to the arrest of another passenger. The man allegedly sexually assaulted the woman in business class while other passengers were sleeping on the flight from Newark, New Jersey to Heathrow, London on January 31. They were seated in separate…
The video of a Russian father with his son became viral on Instagram. Dima Kuznetsov, a Russian Captain of Boeing 737 NG published a video with his son on instagram. The pilot can be seen with his son on his lap while practicing landing in simulator. The young dad (29 yo) is helped by his…
Eamonn Brennan, Director General of Eurocontrol reveals the top 10 busiest Airports for past week. The busiest airport in the Eurocontrol Network is currently Instanbul Airport with 893 flights/day, ahead of Amsterdam Schiphol with 826 flights/day and Madrid Airport with 778 flights/day.
A negative test will no longer be necessary on arrival in France. Whatever the country of origin, it will soon no longer be necessary to present a negative test on arrival in France if you are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Within a week, the government will announce the end of tests to enter France for…
From Wednesday it will be possible to travel to Sweden from the rest of the EU without showing a Covid pass, as the country prepares to lift all border restrictions for the union. The Swedish government at an extraordinary meeting on Monday decided to remove all entry restrictions from the Nordic countries and other EU/EEA…
Frontier Group Holdings agreed to buy Spirit Airlines for $2.9 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a discount airline juggernaut. Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines, the two largest low-cost carriers in the U.S. have agreed to merge, creating what would become the fifth-largest airline in the country. The boards of…
Ethiopian Airlines resumes the Boeing 737 MAX operation after nearly three years’ absence. The first flight took place on 1st February. The aircraft was grounded after the fatal crash in March 2019 that killed 157 passengers and crew members on an Ethiopian flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. Another Boeing 737 MAX had crashed in…
Kenya Airways has decided to stop shipping research primates to the United States. A truck hauling 100 monkeys from Mauritius crashed in Pennsylvania, one woman who got close to the scattered crates of monkeys on the highway has been treated for possible symptoms of illness. Kenya Airways, which have transported the monkeys to the United…