The coronavirus pandemic has had a disastrous effect on the air industry with thousands of planes grounded worldwide. Many pilots have been forced out of work and are having to look at other options, like driving trains. In Switzerland, this idea has been on the table for months. Carlos Spruengli is one of the first…
British Airways has announced a new trial of the Verifly health passport app, allowing customers to verify Covid-19 test certificates before they leave home for their flights. The trial begins on February 4 on all of the carrier’s transatlantic routes between London and the US (currently New York JFK, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago,…
Boris Johnson pledges to enforce travel bans, including leaving the UK for holidays, at airports and ports. Holidaymakers will be ordered to return home, he says. The UK Prime Minister confirms in the Commons that hotel quarantine will come into force. Boris Johnson has announced new border restrictions for travellers arriving in the UK from…
A modified version of the Boeing 737 Max, incorporating multiple safety upgrades, has been approved to resume flights in Europe, the European aviation safety agency said. The decision follows nearly two years of reviews after the aircraft was involved in two deadly crashes that saw the planes grounded worldwide. Changes mandated by the European Union…
Germany mulls cutting inbound flights to near-zero. Berlin plans to cut almost all inbound flights to Germany to limit spread of coronavirus variants on its soil. The danger represented by the various mutations of the virus demands that we examine and discuss within the government drastic measures “, among which” the reduction of air traffic…
United flight 591 was going from Orlando to Los Angeles when it was diverted to New Orleans due to a medical emergency. Tony Aldapa (who is an EMT) and Steven Chang were both passengers on the plane. They worked together to perform CPR on the man for 45 minutes until they landed. During the emergency,…
A man is in custody after he called in a false security threat on an Alaska Airlines flight. A spokesperson with the Port of Seattle says a man is in custody after he called in a false security threat on an Alaska Airlines flight departing from Seattle Saturday morning. The flight was bound for Ketchikan.…
Israel will ban foreign airlines from flying in and out of the country until January 31 to curtail the spread of new COVID-19 strains. The country’s cabinet on Sunday approved plans to freeze flights starting at midnight between Monday and Tuesday, Haaretz reported Sunday. Flights leaving the country will only be approved in rare instances.…
A light aircraft pilot who landed at a closed RAF base during lockdown “to see the beach” has been fined. Richard Charles Priestley Wood, 60, of Crescent Place, London, landed without permission at RAF Valley, on Anglesey, on 25 May. When stopped by fire crews he was dressed in shorts and said: “It’s OK I…
Emirates has announced it has reversed it’s decision to indefinitely suspend flight to eastern Australia, less than a week after the suspension started. Flights to Sydney will recommence Monday, Melbourne from Tuesday and Brisbane from Wednesday. In a statement the airline said, “We regret the inconvenience caused to our customers in the period where…
Dutch airline KLM said on Thursday it will shed between 800 and 1,000 more jobs as the coronavirus pandemic is hitting the aviation sector for longer than expected. The job losses come on top of 5,000 layoffs that were already announced in July by the embattled carrier, which is part of the Air France-KLM group.…
On Friday last week, Malaysian authorities seized a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 777 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The PIA 777 was seized on a local Malaysian court’s order over the non-payment of a $14 million aircraft lease dues. The aircraft was supposed to fly back to Islamabad having operated flight 895 from Karachi…