Jean-Luc Brunel was taken into custody for rape and sexual assault, in particular against minors, sexual harassment. French model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a relative of American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein accused of rape by several former top models, was arrested Wednesday in Roissy and placed in police custody. According to a source familiar with the matter,…
Twitter user @jobreauxx tweeted “The man behind me on this flight. DIED. OF COVID. MIDFLIGHT. I have so many questions.” Shortly after writing the tweet, @jobreauxx followed up with another one, saying, “& we finna continue this flight. On the SAME CONTAMINATED ass plane. Wet wipes *better* save the day this time. Bc I’m shook.”…
Qatar Airways has announced the resumption of three weekly flights from London Gatwick. The flights will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, offering 22 seats in business class and 232 seats in economy. The airline has also scheduled four daily flights from London Heathrow, three daily flights from Manchester and three weekly flights from…
Hi Fly waves farewell to its Airbus A380 9H-MIP. The Airbus A380 is departing Beja (Hi Fly base) to Toulouse with flight number HFM380. Hi Fly A380 was operated on behalf of other airlines during several years such as Norwegian and Thomas Cook but also for repatriation flights. As a result, 9H-MIP flew to 53…
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner quality inspections related to previously disclosed production flaws have found the same issue in other parts of the jet. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began a review of the 787’s final assembly line following a series of quality control issues. Boeing said that the inspections for the production flaws were hampering the…
China Airlines becomes 20th operator of 777 Freighter amid higher demand for dedicated cargo jets. China Airlines unveiled the first of six Boeing 777 Freighters, officially becoming the 20th operator of the world’s largest and longest range twin-aisle freighter. The 777 Freighter joins the airline amid growing demand for dedicated freighters as operators grapple with…
American Airlines secured slots at London’s Heathrow Airport for its new Seattle service planned for the upcoming summer season. American Airlines already held 308 weekly movements at Heathrow for the Summer 2021 season; that works out to 22 daily flights. The new flight will be one of 33 weekly frequencies on the route next summer.…
London Heathrow Airport has been given the go-ahead from the UK Supreme Court over plans for a third runway after overturning the original ruling from the Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court was asked to consider if the government’s failure to take into account the UK’s climate commitments meant plans for the third runway at…
NSW Health has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and warned everyone in the area to be alert for even the mildest of symptoms. The source of the infections is under investigation but so far no links to other known cases have been identified. The infected people are a woman in…
Russia’s MC-21 medium-range passenger aircraft has made its first flight with a domestically made engine, state industrial conglomerate Rostec announced Tuesday. “Through the efforts of scientists, designers, engineers and workers, a next-generation airliner is being created that returns our country to the top league of world aviation,” Rostec head Sergei Chemezov said in a statement.…
A Colorado mother said her family were kicked off a United Airlines flight after her 2-year-old daughter refused to keep a mask. Eliz Orban took cell video on Friday of a crew member speaking with her husband as he was trying to keep the mask on their daughter. The video, which Orban posted on Twitter,…
Bookings at Lufthansa have tripled for next Summer boosted by the imminent approval of a COVID-19 vaccine. Chief Executive Carsten Spohr told a German magazine Wirtschaftswoche that the concrete prospect of an effective vaccine against the coronavirus had boosted confidence among passengers. “The fact that people have also already reserved flights for the Easter period…