A British Airways 747 departed for Dunsfold Aerodrome where it will begin its new life as a TV and film set. The aircraft, registration G-CIVW, departed from Cardiff Airport at 1.30pm as flight number BA1978E, landed in to Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey at 2.15pm. It will be handed over to the airport which will preserve…
A plane slid off the runway overnight at the Chicago Executive Airport in northwest suburban Wheeling. No one was injured Wednesday night when a small jet slid off a runway at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling and crashed into a light pole. The Learjet went off the end of Runway 30 about 11 p.m., pushing…
An unruly passenger punched a flight attendant in the face as she was kicked off a packed flight failing to wear her face mask correctly, witnesses claim. Footage shows the woman with her face mask pulled down around her neck when she throws a punch at the Delta Air Lines crew member, who is wearing…
Cathay Pacific has agreed to scale back planned job cuts by 25 per cent to around 6,000 globally, and will axe its Cathay Dragon sister airline brand, according to multiple sources. Hong Kong’s flagship carrier was eyeing global lay-offs of up to 8,000, but has now reduced the number to about 18 per cent of…
Finnair has completed the co-operation process started in September on its plans to reduce up to 1,000 jobs, to make other structural changes and to implement additional temporary layoffs due to the impacts of the corona pandemic. Due to the dramatic market changes caused by the pandemic, Finnair cuts approximately 600 jobs in Finland. The…
Virgin Atlantic has announced it will be launching services to Delhi and Mumbai from Manchester Airport. Fares to Mumbai will start from £473, with flights leaving Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays beginning in December. The price to Dehli will be £480 per person with flights leaving Tuesdays and Saturdays starting in January. In the summer Virgin…
A British Airways flight has reportedly been forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow shortly after take-off following reports of a burning smell and crew feeling unwell. Flight BA 2596 was bound for Verona this morning, with an update to passengers saying aircraft had suffered a “technical issue”. In a message from British Services…
The U.S. Naval Air Station in Lemoore announced that the crash near China Lake happened during a routine training flight and the pilot was able to safely eject from the jet. Officials said the pilot was taken to a nearby medical facility for examination and the U.S. Navy is cooperating fully with local authorities. Reports…
An Embraer EMB-720D Minuano, owned by Ortiz Aerotáxi, registration PT-RPU, struck a cow during an attempted takeoff from an improvised runway in Jordão, Acre, Brazil. The airplane broke in half and the two people onboard were not injured. The cow died on impact. The Brazilian registry shows that PT-RPU’s airworthiness certificate was cancelled. (before the…
During the landing at Villahermosa-Capitan Carlos Perez Airport (VSA/MMVA), a helicopter belonging to the Mexican Navy, suffered an accident in which the tail boom was severed, leaving at least three people with multiple minor injuries. The details were given in a 17 October media release by the Mexican Navy Secretariat, to announce that five of…
Iran hosted officials from Ukraine in a second round of talks on Monday overcompensation for a Kiev-bound passenger mistakenly shot down in January, state media reported. Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed shortly after taking off from the Iranian capital’s main airport on January 8. The Islamic republic admitted days later that its forces accidentally…
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened over 1 million passengers Sunday, representing the highest number of passengers screened at TSA checkpoints since March 17, 2020. In addition to screening one million passengers in a single day, TSA screened 6.1 million passengers at checkpoints nationwide during the week (Mon., Oct. 12 through Sun., Oct. 18). That…