NEWS Air Transat to to replace its old A310 fleet
Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat is to take 10 Airbus A321neo LRs on 12-year lease from Dublin-based lessor AerCap, making it the North American launch operator for the LR variant.…
NEWS Workers at major NYC airports to go on strike
Seven hundred workers, including baggage handlers, cleaners and customer service agents at three New York-area airports are going on strike. The airport workers at Newark Liberty International Airport walked off…
ALERT Seen from plane: a trillion-tonne iceberg has finally broken away from the Antartic ice shelf
One of the largest icebergs on record has broken away from an ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists have said. Researchers who have been monitoring a huge crack in the Larsen…
NEWS easyJet announces a new airport and new routes from the UK
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has today announced that it will start flying from Southampton Airport for the first time with the launch of a new winter only service to Geneva…
EMERGENCY Delta Airbus A320 windshield and radome damaged by hail
Passengers aboard a Haiti-bound Delta airline are stranded after the aircraft had to make an emergency landing. The Airbus A320 from the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, touched down at…
NEWS Evacuation at Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control center delayed flights around Washington region
An evacuation at a Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control center in Leesburg, Va. delayed hundreds of flights around the region Monday night, authorities said. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority…
NEWS Qantas #QF1 diverted to Larnaca after pregnant woman complications
This morning, Qantas #QF1 from Dubai to London diverted to Larnaca due to medical emergency on board. The Airbus A380 (reg.VH-OQD) landed shorty after 07:00 UTC at Larnaca after a…
BREAKING FAA investigating after Air Canada #AC759 nearly lands on crowded taxiway at San Francisco
An Air Canada plane touching down at San Francisco International Airport almost landed on a taxiway crowded with four other planes, now under federal investigation. On July, 7th, Air Canada…
ALERT A passengers tried to open Airbus A320 emergency door of Air Asia #I5546
A disruptive passenger tried to open emergency door of Air Asia Airbus A320 (reg. VT-ATF). At about 21:50 local time, a disruptive passenger traveling onboard Air Asia #I5546 from Delhi to…
BREAKING 16 killed in US military KC-130 crash in Mississippi
Sixteen people have been killed after a US military plane crashed in rural Mississippi. Emergency services were scouring a large field of debris on Monday night where the Marine Corps…
ALERT A passenger died onboard Mahan Air #W585 from Moscow
A passenger died on Sunday after suffering from emergent health problem onboard an Iranian flight, which made emergency landing in northern Iran. The passenger, onboard Iran's Mahan Air Flight #W585 en…
ALERT Control tower of Eindhoven Airport (NL) evacuated after controllers felt sick due to “strange odor”
Traffic was stopped during few hours this afternoon at Eindhoven Airport (NL) after the control tower was evacuated. Flights to and from Eindhoven Airport were suspended for nearly two hours after…