Qatar Airways to return to Gatwick next week
From August 20th, the flights will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, offering 22 seats in business class and 232 seats in economy.
Twins girls born on Mongolian airline flight get free lifetime tickets
Mongolia’s national airline MIAT on Thursday gave a certificate of free lifetime tickets to twin baby girls born in midair last month and their mother. The twins were born on a chartered flight from Istanbul, Turkey to Mongolia’s capital Ulan Bator on July 9. They were born two months early. The babies and their 42-year-old…
Air passenger numbers to drop 60% in Europe in 2020 instead of 50% previously expected
Air passenger numbers in Europe are expected to drop by 60 percent in 2020 due to the coronavirus crisis, the global aviation industry said Thursday, with the recovery looking highly uncertain. Although air traffic in Europe has increased in recent months since its low point in April, flights remain “more than 50 percent below the…
Emirates to return to Birmingham in September operating four weekly Boeing 777-200LR flights
Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Birmingham from September 1st, operating four weekly Boeing 777-200LR flights to Dubai.
France and the Netherlands added to UK quarantine countries
People coming to the UK from France and the Netherlands will be forced to quarantine for 14 days from Saturday. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the measure – which also applies to people travelling from Monaco, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba – would kick in from 04:00 BST. He added that this was necessary…
ALERT A US Air Force helicopter was shot at over Virginia, injuring a crew member
A US Air Force helicopter was shot at near Manassas, Virginia, on Monday, injuring one of two pilots on board, according to an Air Force official. The UH-1N was flying 10 miles northwest of Manassas on a routine training mission at an altitude of 1,000 feet when the incident occurred. It landed safely at Manassas…
ALERT Three planes evacuated at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport due to a bomb threat
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport received a bomb warning suggesting bombs had been installed in three planes. RIA Novosti news agency reported that more than 30 flights were delayed or cancelled at Moscow’s airports on Wednesday as a result. An airport in Khabarovsk in east Russia received a bomb threat via email on Wednesday, according to the…
INCIDENT A passenger was pulled by the feet from a Citilink plane at Raden Intan II airport in Indonesia
A man whose identity has not been identified was forcibly pulled from a Citilink plane at Radin Inten II Airport. The man, wearing a black shirt and brown pants, was seen being pulled by force by airport security officers and officers. The incident took place at Radin Inten II Airport on Wednesday, August 12, 2020…
INCIDENT Two Hong Kong Express planes collided on the ground at Hong Kong Airport
Hong Kong Express, a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific was involved a plane collision. Several photos circulated on the social media showed that two Hong Kong Express passenger planes collided with each other. Hong Kong Express replied that no one was injured. Related photos show that the left wing of a Hong Kong Express passenger aircraft…
No ILS at Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, South Africa because calibration has expired
Pilots landing at certain South African airports may be forced to do so without an essential ground-based system used to guide planes safely towards the ground in low visibility. This is according to various notices to airmen (NOTAMs), including one issued on Monday 10 August. According to the notice, the Instrument Landing Systems (ILSs) used…
London Heathrow Airport still suffers 89% traffic drop
Heathrow’s passenger numbers were down 89% year-on-year in July, figures published by the airport show. Just 867,000 people travelling through the west London airport last month, compared with 7.754 million in July 2019. The latest monthly data reflects a slight uplift in passenger traffic since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Demand was down 95%…
INCIDENT A Royal Thai Navy Fokker F-27 landed without nose gear
Royal Thai Navy Fokker F-27 (1202, built 1984) received major damage during a nosegear-up landing at Narathiwat (VTSC), Thailand. Pilots previously alerted rescuers and firefighters to prepare before landing on runway 02. The aircraft came to a safe stop on the runway and no one was injured. The aircraft came from U-Tapao carrying 11 crew.
