Today Gibraltar airport had to be closed, and the border crossing as well as local businesses closed because of a suspicious piece of luggage that was being loaded onto easyJet flight EZY8902. easyJet released a statement to say that they have delayed the flight because of a baggage handler either smelling smoke or seeing it…
Quoting of daniel boettcher speaking to Maxine Mawhinney on the BBC News Channel at 13:15: “Statement from easyJet that confirm the reports the closure of the airport is because of an involvement of one of their aircraft that was due to be leaving from Gibraltar for Gatwick. The flight was delayed due to a technical…
Rudy Bouma, is a reporter for Nieuwsuur (in Netherlands) has tweeted 4 images of debris that he states has been discovered by himself in Nikishino, as far as a 20 minute drive away from the crash site of Hrabove in the Donetsk Oblast. View the original tweet from Rudy Bouma, and watch Nieuwsuur this Sunday for a…
The BBC Madrid correspondent, Tom Burridge, says on twitter that the Gibraltar border and airport as well as a nearby supermarket has been closed as the MOD begins to investigate a suspicious piece of luggage from easyJet flight EZY8902 to Gatwick airport. Flight EZY8902 is scheduled to depart for Gatwick as late at 1500 local…
Throughout Airbus’ first two decades in business, its competitors at Boeing would joke that “Every Airbus is delivered on the wings of a Boeing.” That statement was both accurate and fair, being that Airbus had to use modified Boeing Stratocruisers known as Super Guppies. Yes, Airbus was transporting parts for its own jets inside 1940s-era…
BBC News is reporting that a suspicious piece of luggage has been found on an aircraft at Gibraltar Airport. The airport has been closed, and flights will not be departing or arriving until further notice today. Local businesses and the local area has been evacuated.
Qatar Airways launching an additional daily flight to Singapore from June 1, 2015. The airline will be operating the new additional flight and the existing two daily flights to Singapore with its third, fourth and fifth A350 XWB aircraft, commencing service in June, July and August 2015.
Etihad Airways’ loyalty program, Etihad Guest is making travel more convenient by introducing a new payment feature onto its membership card. walletplus, powered by Visa, allows members to load travel money onto their Etihad Guest card and convert it to 11 different foreign currencies to spend whenever they are travelling abroad.