Air France retired its first Boeing 777-200ER on Thursday, 11th February. The airline has decided to retire additional three 777-200ERs by May. The aircraft with registration F-GSPV departed Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on Thursday morning at 09:07 local time and arrived at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees Airport at 09:59. The first Boeing 777-200ER was delivered to Air…
A man in his 20’s has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of carrying out terror offences, including activity in Syria A young man has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of carrying out terror offences. Counter-terror detectives from the Metropolitan Police detained the man, a British national aged in his 20s, in…
Spirit Airlines has decided to start hiring pilots and flight attendants next month becoming the first major US airline to hire new employees after almost a year. As reported by the CNBS, the airline will resume training for new pilots and flight attendants as soon as next month hoping travel will rebound after the pandemic.…
A brand new British Airways Boeing 787-10 Dreamline was sent to Victorville, California for storage. The aircraft is still in Boeing’s care like of those of Qatar Airways, Qantas among others. The Boeing 787-10, with registration G-ZBLD, departed Charleston at 09:19 EST and arrived in Victorville at 10:57 PST. It is BA’s fourth Boeing 787-10.…
The French government has abandoned plans to build a huge new terminal at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. The coronavirus pandemic and changing environmental priorities were the reasons given for the move. A fourth terminal would have allowed the airport to handle up to 40 million extra passengers a year. By the end of…
London’s Heathrow airport urged the British government to set out a strategy for resuming flights following a tightening of travel curbs that it says has essentially shut down travel. Requiring two Covid-19 tests for all arrivals, along with 10 days of quarantine that some must spend in a hotel, means the U.K. border is “effectively…
Air Namibia has ceased all operations, effective February 11. All aircraft will be returned to the airline’s base, as Namibia’s cabinet has given its approval for the flag carrier to be voluntarily liquidated. In a late-night notice on its Twitter account, Air Namibia Management further said that the reservation system for taking new bookings is…
Dropping off or picking someone up at London Gatwick Airport from the 8th March will cost a minimum £5 charge will apply to use the North Terminal Drop off zone. Gatwick Airport will introduce a £5 charge for vehicles which drop off passengers directly outside its North Terminal next month. Currently all flights are operating…
Etihad Airways became the first airline in the world to vaccinate all onboard crew members. The airline also claimed that 75% of its employees had received at least one dose of the vaccine. The employees were vaccinated through the airline’s “Protected Together” vaccination campaign. The airline began offering in-house appointments to its employees and their…
Eight employees of US-Bangla Airlines were arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on the charge of smuggling gold bars weighing seven kilograms from Dubai. The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate arrested them, and they were handed over to the airport police on Tuesday morning. The customs department seized 60 gold bars weighing seven…
LATAM Airlines Argentina has officially ceased all operations after 15 years of operation out of Buenos Aires. Operations were ceased for an indefinite period last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. LATAM Argentina is the first subsidiary of the LATAM Group that will finally cease flight operations after all negotiations about a possible continuation have…
Delta Airlines has planned to bring back 400 pilots to active flying status this summer, signalling optimism for air travel. In a note, Delta’s senior vice president John Laughter of flight operations, stated that the airline saw an opportunity to build back additional pilot staffing in advance of summer 2022 by bringing 400 affected pilots…