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A plane has had to make an emergency landing at East Midland Airport tonight. Passengers have said that they could smell smoke as they left the plane, which had travelled from Ibiza, by the emergency exits. A Total of 3 flights diverted to other airports due to temporary closure.
The US Department of Transportation announced today that it will require additional time to reach a decision on Norwegian Air International’s application for a foreign carrier permit to serve the US from Europe. Until then, Norwegian Air Shuttle will continue to operate flights to the US under its existing authority from DOT.
Emirates has expanded its Scandinavian reach with the start of its daily non-stop service to Oslo. Emirates’ daily flight to Oslo, operated with a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, is the first international service to offer a First Class product in Norway. The inaugural flight today was welcomed by Avinor chief executive Dag Falk-Petersen, along with partners…
Virgin Atlantic has announced its plans to grow to record levels of sustained profitability by 2018. Building on its existing two year recovery plan, which is on target to deliver an annual profit by the end of 2014, the airline is now shifting focus onto positioning its business for long term success.
Tripoli airport and at least seven aircraft were reported damaged during fighting that began in July. The airport has been closed since mid-July. The state-owned Libyan Airlines fleet until this summer included 14 passenger and cargo jetliners, including seven Airbus 320s, one Airbus 330, two French ATR-42 turboprop aircraft, and four Bombardier CJR-900s. Libyan state-owned…
The flight from New York to Palm Beach is the third American plane in a week to make an unscheduled landing after an explosive argument between passengers over leg space. The latest confrontation was apparently between two women, one trying to push her seat back and the other sleeping on the tray table behind her,…