A “welcome to Perth” sign painted on a building rooftop is scaring fliers descending to Sydney airport into thinking they have been flown to the wrong Australian city. The prank was spotted by a passenger coming into land at the country’s busiest airport and shared on Reddit. The building, in the Sydney suburb of Sydenham,…
Aer Lingus has announced that a number of regional flights have been cancelled after operator Stobart Air ended its contract with the Irish airline. The announcement affects several flights from Dublin and Belfast City airports to UK cities. An Aer Lingus statement said: “Late on the evening of June 11, Stobart Air notified Aer Lingus…
Employees see a Customer’s left-behind phone in the gate area, but the plane is already pushed back from the gate. Shot clock is running low. Team LGB moves the phone down the terminal with alarming speed & hand it off to Power Ramper KJ on the tarmac. He shoots, he scores!
An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 was forced to reject a takeoff at high speed. An American Airlines Boeing 737MAX8 (reg. N339SU) experienced a birdstrike. The pilots were forced to abort the take-off at high speed on runway 22 at Kingstown Argyle Airport (TVSA), St.Vincent&Grenadines. The flight #AA1427 to Miami came to a safe…
Jeff Bezos said he will go to space when his company, Blue Origin, launches its first passenger-carrying mission next month. The billionaire, who plans to travel alongside his brother, Mark, made the announcement in an Instagram post Monday. The launch is set for July 20, about two weeks after he plans to step down as…
VP Kamala Harris Plane Bound For Guatemala Turned Back to Joint Base Andrews Over ‘Technical Issue’. The trip to Guatemala is Kamala Harris’ first overseas trip since taking office in January. The goals of the trip were to focus on economic development, climate and food issues, along with women issues. US Vice President Kamala Harris’…
According to the French interior minister, the government has established an interministerial crisis unit to investigate the suspected bomb threat. An Air France plane travelling from N’Djamena to Paris has been evacuated upon landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport due to the suspected presence of an explosive device on board, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin…
A Muslim woman has alleged that a Southwest Airlines flight attendant forced her to move from her seat on the emergency exit row because she “couldn’t speak English” and “would bring the whole plane down in an emergency”. The American-born, bilingual passenger, identified only as Fatima, is suing the airline for religious discrimination as a…
Airport changes name after years of fighting over ‘Orlando’. After years of fighting and litigation over who can include “Orlando” in the name of their central Florida airport, Orlando International Airport officials and Orlando Melbourne International Airport officials have tentatively agreed that Orlando Melbourne International Airport will change its name to Melbourne Orlando International Airport.…
A Southwest Airlines pilot who watched porn and exposed his genitals to a female officer on a flight to Florida has been sentenced to one year of probation. A pilot, 60, apologized before US Magistrate Judge ordered him on Friday to serve probation and pay a $5,000 fine. “It started as a consensual prank between…
A dedicated terminal for passengers arriving in the UK from countries with a high risk of Covid has opened at Heathrow Airport. Travellers arriving on direct flights from red list nations will now transit through Terminal Three. Heathrow said its top priority was protecting the public and helping reduce the risk of new variants. There…
Air diver Luke Aikins breaks the world record by jumping from 7620 meters without a parachute.
