Some Southwest Airlines passengers are suing the airline seeking unspecified damages following the emergency landing of Flight WN1380 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 17. In the suit filed Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court, a group of eight passengers claims they were faced with the “overwhelming horror of being trapped in a plane about…
A furious passenger branded an air hostess a “stupid f****** b****” after apparently mistaking turkey ham for pork. The passenger, who told flight crew he was Muslim, was flying from Luton airport to Skopje, Macedonia, on Sunday morning when he ordered the $5.21 sandwich and a bottle of water. However during the flight he claimed…
Airbus has published a risk assessment outlining the “urgent risks” to its business arising from the UK exiting the European Union without a withdrawal agreement. It states that the UK exiting the EU next year without a deal – therefore leaving both the single market and customs union immediately and without any agreed transition –…
An Ellinair aircraft on Wednesday slid off the runway at the Heraklio Airport on the island of Crete. Ellinair Airbus A320 (ER-32002) ran off tarmac when about to taxi to the departure runway at Heraklion-Intl Airport(HER, LGIR), Greece. There were no injuries. Flight #EL700 to Moscow was cancelled. “During the launch process of flight ELB 700 from Heraklion to Sheremetyevo in Moscow,…
British MPs are set Monday (Jun 25) to approve plans to build a third runway at London Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, after decades of acrimonious debate. UPDATE MPs have voted 415-119 in favour of building a £14bn third runway at Heathrow Airport. Prime Minister Theresa May’s government agreed to the £14 billion (US$18.5 billion) plan earlier…
easyJet welcomed its 300th aircraft, an Airbus A320-214, into the fleet on the new route between Berlin-Tegel and Cologne/Bonn airport. This is also the 111th aircraft with an Austrian AOC. The aircraft is a former airberlin-aircraft that has been converted and transferred into the easyJet fleet and marks a milestone in the airline´s recent expansion…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s aircraft on Thursday made the first ever landing at Istanbul’s new colossal airport, which is expected to formally open to air traffic on Oct. 29. The Turkish presidential aircraft TC-ANK took off after Erdogan’s election rally in Gaziantep to make its historic landing on the 3,750-meter-long and 60-meter-wide runway. The Istanbul’s…
More than 2,000 British Airways passengers have had their tickets cancelled because the prices were too cheap, a travel agent said. Travel Up chief Ali Shah said he believes another five agencies also sold tickets through the airline’s mistake. BA has apologised for the error on flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai but refused to…
Nippon Cargo Airlines, also known as NCA, has announced that it will be suspending all departures from Tokyo as of June 16 and will be suspending all operations from June 17. The decision comes after inconsistencies were found regarding the application of lubricating oil to one of their Boeing 747-8Fs in early April. In an…
Engine fire were reported on a Transavia plane which just landed from Ibiza. Fire services rushed to the Boeing 737 and passengers had to be evacuated. All flights were holding. Operations are now resuming.
Norwegian Boeing 737-800 (reg. EI-FHD) diverted to Birmingham Airport (BHX), UK after reporting hydraulic issue this week end. Tire of left inner main gear tire blew up during landing. On touchdown, large tire fragments came loose causing damage. All 152 on board were safe.
Cathay Pacific Airways has become the second airline to operate the A350-1000, the world’s newest long range widebody airliner. The airline took delivery of the aircraft at a special event in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the first of 20 A350-1000s ordered by Cathay Pacific and will join the carrier’s growing fleet of A350 XWB aircraft, which…
