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…
Musk offered teen $5,000 to shut down his flight tracker bot on Twitter. A 19-year-old Jack Sweeney won a bit of internet fame when Protocol published a story about one of his Twitter bots. The college student maintains ElonJet, a tracker that tweets out when Elon Musk’s private jet takes off and lands. Last fall,…
About 300 cats and dogs abandoned during the evacuation from Afghanistan five months ago are now on their way to Vancouver aboard an Il-76 chartered by the charity Kabul Small Animal Rescue (KSAR). Five months after the end of evacuations from Kabul airport at the end of August, abandoned cats and dogs left Afghanistan on…
Pilots at Qatar Airways say the state-owned airline is under-counting their work hours and ignoring complaints of fatigue – a safety breach that hurts staff health and risks passenger lives. The testimony demonstrates how worker abuse extends even to the Gulf nation’s high-skill industries, as Qatar Airwaystries to minimise crew downtime. “I fell asleep during…
Qatar Airways orders up to 50 777-8 Freighters, expanding its commitment to the Boeing 777X family. Boeing today launched the new 777-8 Freighter and expanded its market-leading 777X and freighter families of jetliners with an order for up to 50 aircraft from one of the world’s largest cargo carriers, Qatar Airways. Qatar Airways will be…
Two years ago, Kobe Bryant was among the 9 victims of a tragic helicopter crash in the L.A. Country suburb of Calabasas. Artist Dan Medina has paid tribute to Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the 7 others who died with a poignant sculpture. The memorial was placed at the crash site in Calabasas, California.
Airlines are altering schedules to limit their exposure to Ukrainian airspace, while continuing flights into and out of the country as its standoff with Russian troops massed at the border intensifies. Ryanair has reduced the number of flights with Ukraine, according to a spokeswoman. “The safety of our passengers and crew is our number one…
Norwegian has confirmed plans to reopen base at Stockholm Arlanda, offering flights to 54 nonstop routes. The restructured LCC is hiring around 270 cabin crew members, who will be stationed at the Swedish airport from April. Norwegian has been opening bases at multiple destinations recently. The LCC opened bases in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Bergen, Stavanger and…
In an instagram post, the captain Rola Hoteit is giving an advice if you’re flying with a child. She said “As a mom, I worried whether my child would tolerate the airplane trip because of ear pain or whether it would be a hard trip for other passengers.” During take off and landing, the middle…