The Latvian airline airBaltic announces that today 1 it successfully concluded the redelivery process of its Bombardier Q400 to the lessor Nordic Aviation Capital. Today, the final redelivery flight marks an end of an era filled with 11 million passengers and 222 000 flights worth of memories. airBaltic made a decision to introduce an all-Airbus…
A British Airways stewardess was arrested by police after the fears were raised she was drunk and on drugs while the plane was in the air. Officers from Sussex Police boarded the flight from Gran Canaria when it landed at Gatwick Airport on Thursday afternoon. They were called by the pilot of the Airbus A320…
Boeing and Atlas Air Celebrate the Final 747 on Jan. 31. Boeing will present a live webcast of the ceremony marking the delivery of the final 747 to Atlas Air on Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. Eastern (1 p.m. Pacific). Thousands of people – including current and former employees as well as customers and suppliers…
An Emirates flight from Tokyo Narita to Dubai International on January 19 touched down with an extra traveler on board, after a passenger gave birth in the air. The new arrival made their appearance on the 12-hour overnight Flight #EK319, which landed on schedule despite the medical emergency, the airline confirmed. The passenger and baby…
When you need to go then you need to go… Not sure that would qualify as a legitimate reason for an emergency landing on a highway but this pilot really had to go. Pilots usually carry a bottle on board for this reason. If that was the reason for the landing, the Federal Aviation Administration…
Just out from storage, a Lufthansa A380 is preparing to return to service. A Lufthansa A380 flew to Manila for a long technical check with Lufthansa Technik. The A380 (reg. D-AIMK) did a 13-hour flight to The Philippines after being in storage for months in Teruel, Spain. The airline is reactivating 6 of its 14…
From 15 February, Aeroflot will begin operating flights to new Beijing Daxing International Airport. The frequency of regular services to China’s capital will increase to three per week. Flights on the Moscow – Beijing – Moscow route will be operated on Boeing 777 widebody aircraft. Flights from Sheremetyevo Terminal C will be operated on the…
Boeing pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that it misled regulators about two crashes of its 737 Max planes. Boeing was accused of hiding design flaws that caused the plane crashes in 2018 and 2019. The judge will decide whether to appoint a special monitor to examine safety issues at Boeing. Family members of the…
Airline Flybe has cancelled all flights to and from the UK after going into administration. A statement on the airline’s website said it had “ceased trading” and told any passengers expecting to travel with it not to go to the airport. It added that it would not be able to help passengers arrange alternative flights.…
The websites of German airports have been hit by cyberattacks instigated by a Russian “hacker group”, authorities said Thursday. The Federal Cyber Security Authority (BSI) had “knowledge of DDoS attacks against targets in Germany”, a spokesman told AFP. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is designed to overwhelm the target with a flood of internet traffic,…
Flights have resumed this morning at Bristol Airport after a technical problem meant planes had to be diverted last night. The runway lights failed which meant planes could not land or take off. They failed at 8.30pm last night (25 January) with engineers using a short term fix to get them back on just before…
A German citizen was arrested at Munich airport on suspicion of treason for allegedly passing intelligence onto Russia. A German man has been arrested at Munich airport on suspicion of leaking intelligence information to Russia, the German attorney general said on Thursday. The man was arrested on Sunday when he arrived in Germany from the…