Three missing east London schoolgirls are feared to be travelling to Syria via Turkey, police say. Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and an unnamed 15-year-old, who are all pupils at Bethnal Green Academy, flew from Gatwick to Istanbul on Tuesday, during their half-term break. Commander Richard Walton said he hoped a police appeal, via…
As part of a push to attract more female pilots, British Airways has released the results of a survey which explores why so few women pursue careers as professional pilots. Reported in Flyer Talk, the findings revealed common misconceptions when it came to female roles in the aviation industry including a lack of visible role models and…
The tweet by Swiss International Airlines Swiss has tweeted an update to the public on todays events, it is as follows:
A bomb threat was made on Friday against an aircraft operated by Swiss at Zurich airport, a spokesman for the airport said. Swiss flight LX 146 had been due to depart for New Delhi at 12:45 p.m. (1145 GMT). “The aircraft has been moved to a de-icing pad,” the spokesman said, adding that the aircraft’s…
A bomb threat has been taken place on a Swiss aircraft at Zurich. Swiss flight LX146 was to depart at 12:45pm (1145GMT) Passengers and crew had not yet on the aircraft and were in the terminal. Police have not confirmed that they were investigating a bomb threat, saying only that a police operation was in…
Iraqi Airways will be launching two services to Manchester UK in March. From the 15th March, the airline will begin flying to Sulaymaniyah and on the 18th March to Erbil. Each route will operate once-weekly from Manchester airports T1. Outbound service IA265 will depart Sulaymaniyah each Sunday at 1430 and arrive in Manchester at 2000,…
Georgy Myakinkin, 31, who works at the airport in the city of St Petersburg in north-western Russia said he had finished his shift and was going home when he remembered he had left his keys at work. He said: “I returned back to the airport and was just in the section where trains arrive with…
A passenger plane has landed back at Manchester Airport after reportedly declaring an emergency shortly after take off. EasyJet flight EZY1877 to Bilbao U-turned over north Wales shortly before 1.30pm and landed back at Manchester Airport around 15 minutes later. Link
AirAsia X is considering extending its Sydney and Melbourne flights to New Zealand and back again, adding a dash of low-cost competition to the popular corridor. Link
The A350 MSN2, one of Airbus’ five A350 XWB test aircraft, has landed today at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport for first time to demonstrate its all new features to Iberia, the Madrid airport authorities and the media. Iberia has eight A350-900s on order. Link
The new Eurowings will have its first base outside Germany in Vienna. Following close consultation with Austrian Airlines and at the carrier’s own request, two Airbus A320 aircraft are to be stationed there initially, offering point-to-point connections on European routes. The aircraft are to fly in the colors of the new Eurowings. Link
Virgin America adds 5 flights daily between Austin,TX and Dallas Love Field. This route has been operated by Southwest only for a large amount of time if not forever. Link