An Atlanta-bound Delta Boeing 717 slid off the taxiway at Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday night. The Boeing 717, with registration N998AT, was about to depart Pittsburgh as flight DL2231 around 6:30 p.m. when it slid off the taxiway. A total of 77 people, including 5 crew members, were on board. One of the passengers…
Air Namibia has ceased all operations, effective February 11. All aircraft will be returned to the airline’s base, as Namibia’s cabinet has given its approval for the flag carrier to be voluntarily liquidated. In a late-night notice on its Twitter account, Air Namibia Management further said that the reservation system for taking new bookings is…
Dropping off or picking someone up at London Gatwick Airport from the 8th March will cost a minimum £5 charge will apply to use the North Terminal Drop off zone. Gatwick Airport will introduce a £5 charge for vehicles which drop off passengers directly outside its North Terminal next month. Currently all flights are operating…
Etihad Airways became the first airline in the world to vaccinate all onboard crew members. The airline also claimed that 75% of its employees had received at least one dose of the vaccine. The employees were vaccinated through the airline’s “Protected Together” vaccination campaign. The airline began offering in-house appointments to its employees and their…
Chinese space probe Tianwen-1 has successfully reached Mars and entered a stable orbit around the Red Planet. The spacecraft is expected to deploy a rover to study the planet’s surface in around three months. The probe’s half-year journey to Mars successfully concluded on Wednesday, according to China’s National Space Administration. The Tianwen-1 – ‘Quest for…
Eight employees of US-Bangla Airlines were arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on the charge of smuggling gold bars weighing seven kilograms from Dubai. The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate arrested them, and they were handed over to the airport police on Tuesday morning. The customs department seized 60 gold bars weighing seven…
