DOJ fines Boeing over $2.5 billion, charges it with fraud conspiracy over 737 Max crashes. The Department of Justice on Thursday said Boeing agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion to resolve criminal charges stemming from crashes of its best-selling 737 Max airplanes. “The tragic crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight…
A Spirit Airlines passenger has been charged with felony assault and harassment for punching a woman, allegedly because the woman’s children didn’t stop kicking the back of her seat. Daydrena Jaslin Walker-Wiliams was arrested at Portland International Airport. She pulled her luggage from an overhead bin and then punched Nataly Hernandez 2 to 3 times…
Amazon has bought 11 Boeing 767-300s from Delta Airlines and WestJet to expand its air freight network when the aircraft prices have dropped due to the pandemic. According to Amazon, the four WestJet planes will join Amazon Air fleet this year, while the seven Delta planes will be added after conversion in 2022. Amazon first…
Europe’s largest low-cost airline Ryanair slashed its annual traffic forecast by around five million passengers, describing the latest Covid-19 lockdown restrictions imposed by the UK and Irish governments as “draconian.” Amid the rapid spread of the highly contagious new variant of Covid-19, the carrier said it would operate “few, if any” flights in the region…
On Monday, Taiwan’s China Airlines has announced that it will be operating a Boeing 747-400 farewell flight in February. However, the airline did not disclose an exact date for the retirement of its remaining four 747-400s. The farewell flight will also include an exclusive ground tour and a flight over Japan’s Mount Fuji. It will…
Trump supporters heckle Romney, chanting ‘traitor’ on flight to D.C. Under dimmed cabin lights on a flight from Salt Lake City on Tuesday, a woman bellowed a rallying cry to a group of Trump supporters headed to D.C. to rally behind the president, urging them to tell fellow passenger Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) “what we…
Pre-departure COVID-19 testing and negative results to be required for all air travellers coming to Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global crisis that is having a significant impact on the air industry and all travellers. The Government of Canada has multiple measures in place to protect the health and safety of Canadians, and…
A flight attendant has been found dead in the bathub of a posh hotel in the Philippines may have been gang raped, police suspect. Christine Angelica Dacera checked into the four-star City Garden Hotel in the city of Makati, Manila to celebrate the new year with friends. The 23-year-old was with several colleagues at the…
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has set a record for operating an international flight with only one passenger on board from Manchester to Islamabad. The PIA-chartered Hi Fly Airbus A330neo, with registration, CS-TKY operated the special chartered flight PK-9702 on humanitarian grounds. The aircraft has a capacity of 371 passengers split between business and economy class.…
Donald Trump will not be allowed to visit Scotland to play golf during Joe Biden’s inauguration, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The US president, who was overwhelmingly defeated in November’s election, is reportedly considering travelling to his Turnberry golf resort to avoid Mr Biden being sworn into office. But Scotland’s first minister stressed it is illegal…
Saudi Arabia will reopen its airspace and land and sea border to Qatar as of Monday, Kuwait’s foreign minister said, citing a deal towards resolving a political dispute that led Riyadh and its allies to impose a boycott on Qatar. “Based on [Kuwait’s ruler Emir] Sheikh Nawaf’s proposal, it was agreed to open the airspace…
Speculation is mounting that US President Donald Trump could be planning to snub the inauguration of successor Joe Biden – by flying to Scotland. According to Herald Scotland, Prestwick Airport has been told to expect the arrival of a US military Boeing 757 aircraft which has been occasionally used by Trump, on January 19 –…