Last Lufthansa A380 has just left Germany
Last stored Lufthansa A380 in Germany has left Frankfurt to Spain, possibly its very last flight.
ALERT A first foreign commercial flight has landed in Kabul since Taliban takeover
A Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying handful of passengers has touched down at Kabul airport. The first international commercial flight has landed since the Taliban retook power. The PIA Boeing 777 has landed in Kabul in the morning. A AFP journalist on flight says only “around 10 people” aboard
Retired Flight Attendant arrived in New York pushing a beverage cart to honor his fellow 9/11 crew members
A former flight attendant, Paul Veneto, arrived at Ground Zero in New York City, pushing a beverage cart from Boston to Ground to honour his fellow flight attendants who died on Sept. 11, 2001. Veneto completed a 220-mile walk from Gate C19 at Boston Logan International Airport to Ground Zero on Saturday to mark the…
Italian stunt pilot sets multiple World records flying through a tunnel
Italian stunt pilot Dario Costa set Five Guinness World Records by flying an aeroplane through two Çatalca Tunnels in Istanbul, Turkey. The 41-year old pilot achieved this feat on board a custom-modified Zivko Edge 540 race plane through a twin tunnel along the Northern Marmara Highway in Istanbul. Mr Costa set the world record for…
The Taliban will allow 211 people to fly out of Kabul
211 people including American, British, Dutch, Ukrainian and German passport holders will be allowed on board. aliban authorities have agreed to let 200 American civilians and third country nationals who remained in Afghanistan after the end of the U.S. evacuation operation to depart on charter flights from Kabul airport, a U.S. official said. The Taliban…
The mystery of a woman walking through the airport wearing only a bikini and mask
An unidentified blonde woman walking through an airport in only a bikini and mask has become a viral video. The video shows the woman strutting through an airport terminal with an olive bikini and a backpack. Despite her lack of clothing, the passenger was still wearing a mask in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration guidelines.…
Emirates to receive its final three Airbus A380s in November
Emirates will welcome their last three A380s this November, bringing forward the delivery timeline from June 2022. The UAE-based carrier is the largest operator of A380 and intends to fly the superjumbos for two more decades. While many other airlines are retiring some or even all of their A380s after the pandemic, Emirates will still…
BREAKING At least four planes chartered to evacuate people have been unable to leave Afghanistan
At least four planes chartered to evacuate hundreds of people seeking to escape the Taliban have been unable to leave Afghanistan, officials said. There are conflicting accounts as to why the flights were unable to take off. At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan…
Ariana Afghan Airlines has resumed some domestic flights at Kabul airport
Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed some flights in Afghanistan between Kabul and three major provincial cities on Saturday, the carrier said, after a technical team from Qatar reopened the capital’s airport for aid and domestic services. Flights between Kabul and the western city of Herat, Mazar-i Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Kandahar in the south have…
A group of eight Ukrainian athletes pulled World’s largest plane Antonov An-225
A group of eight Ukrainian athletes has set a world record by pulling the “Mirya” Antonov An-225, dedicating the 30th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine. The two groups of four strongmen managed to move the world’s largest and heaviest aircraft, four meters and 30 centimetres, in a time of one minute and 13 seconds…
Military Veteran detained at Miami airport after he goes berserk
Miami Dade Police Department detained a military veteran on Friday night. The person went berserk in Miami airport causing trouble to airport staff and other travellers. The person can be seen attacking American Airlines gate agents. The man was apparently suffering from mental health issues and was hospitalized by Miami Police. Travellers managed to get…
Qatar working with Taliban to reopen Kabul airport ‘as soon as possible’
Taliban in talks with Qatar to manage Kabul airport. After the US’s withdrawal Kabul airport is without air traffic control services and talks are on to secure the airport. The Taliban are in talks with Qatar and Turkey about the management of Kabul airport as it lacks air traffic control services now that the United…