A violent passenger had to be removed from a red-eye flight after headbutting a flight attendant, according to Oklahoma City police. Early Friday, Derek Maas, a passenger on a Delta Airlines flight from Salt Lake City to Orlando, was arrested in Oklahoma City. The plane made an emergency landing at Will Rogers World Airport and…
Pisa airport in Italy has halted all arrivals and departures due to a huge blaze in a neighbouring forest. Air traffic is reportedly set to remain blocked for three hours as firefighters scramble to stop the fire. Dozens of flights are now being delayed or cancelled. The raging fire broke out on Monte Serra last…
A flight from London to the US was forced to return to Heathrow after a ‘drunk’ woman allegedly assaulted someone onboard. The incident disrupted the travel of hundreds of passengers who were headed to Washington DC, as the flight was cancelled upon its return to the UK. A passenger who claimed to be sat in…
Dutch pilots’ union VNV has announced it will join Ryanair cabin crew from 5 different countries, including the Netherlands, in striking for 24 hours on Friday 28 September. Ryanair will cancel 190 flights 30,000 customers likely to be affected. Pilots hope to win a pay deal which “guarantees fundamental workers’ rights,” the VNV union said…
A planned flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to Paris on Monday evening blew multiple tires in an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York after the plane experienced hydraulic failure, officials said. Delta Airlines flight #DL20 made a hard landing at JFK, the Port Authority Police union said on Twitter.…
An Indian passenger sparked panic in mid-air when he tried to open a plane door, apparently mistaking it for the toilet, the airline and reports said. The man was travelling on a GoAir flight from New Delhi to Patna on Saturday (Sept 22) when he attempted to open the aircraft’s rear exit, the carrier said.…
Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus has just announced at the EXPO in Boston that it will be rolling out a new livery, corporate identity, and cabin crew uniforms next year. According to the airline, the re-branding process should begin in January and will take three years, aiming to have it completed by the end of…
London Stansted Airport traffic is building after a major road in to the busy airport was closed after a driver was rushed to hospital following a serious incident. A 63-year-old man has suffered life-threatening injuries after becoming trapped under his own car at Stansted Airport. Emergency services were called to the airport shortly after 4am…
Airbus has delivered the first A350-900 Ultra Long Range (ULR) aircraft to launch customer Singapore Airlines (SIA). The latest variant of the best-selling A350 XWB is capable of flying further in commercial service than any other aircraft, with a range of up to 9,700 nautical miles, or over 20 hours non-stop. Altogether, SIA has ordered…
A school girl suffered an allergic reaction and died after eating a Pret a Manger baguette during a British Airways flight, her parents said. Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, collapsed during the flight from London Heathrow to Nice in July last year. UPDATE Pret A Manger did not label “artisan” baguettes as containing sesame seeds despite six allergic reaction…
Close to 104 million passengers passed though Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2017, making it the world’s busiest passenger airport for another year. That’s according to 2017 travel data released Thursday by Airports Council International. Globally, there were significant increases in passenger numbers, air cargo traffic and total aircraft movements. The world’s busiest airports 2017 1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International…
