Qatar Airways has announced the resumption of three weekly flights from London Gatwick. The flights will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, offering 22 seats in business class and 232 seats in economy. The airline has also scheduled four daily flights from London Heathrow, three daily flights from Manchester and three weekly flights from…
Hi Fly waves farewell to its Airbus A380 9H-MIP. The Airbus A380 is departing Beja (Hi Fly base) to Toulouse with flight number HFM380. Hi Fly A380 was operated on behalf of other airlines during several years such as Norwegian and Thomas Cook but also for repatriation flights. As a result, 9H-MIP flew to 53…
A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh rock samples from the moon in more than 40 years, offering the possibility of new insights into the history of the solar system and marking a new landmark for China’s rapidly advancing space program. The capsule of the Chang’e 5 probe landed…
China Airlines becomes 20th operator of 777 Freighter amid higher demand for dedicated cargo jets. China Airlines unveiled the first of six Boeing 777 Freighters, officially becoming the 20th operator of the world’s largest and longest range twin-aisle freighter. The 777 Freighter joins the airline amid growing demand for dedicated freighters as operators grapple with…
American Airlines secured slots at London’s Heathrow Airport for its new Seattle service planned for the upcoming summer season. American Airlines already held 308 weekly movements at Heathrow for the Summer 2021 season; that works out to 22 daily flights. The new flight will be one of 33 weekly frequencies on the route next summer.…
London Heathrow Airport has been given the go-ahead from the UK Supreme Court over plans for a third runway after overturning the original ruling from the Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court was asked to consider if the government’s failure to take into account the UK’s climate commitments meant plans for the third runway at…
NSW Health has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and warned everyone in the area to be alert for even the mildest of symptoms. The source of the infections is under investigation but so far no links to other known cases have been identified. The infected people are a woman in…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking to identify the person responsible for illegally flying a drone on multiple occasions near a flight path to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Between October 30, 2020, and December 8, 2020, there have been at least five reports by commercial airline pilots of a drone flying at least 4,000…
Russia’s MC-21 medium-range passenger aircraft has made its first flight with a domestically made engine, state industrial conglomerate Rostec announced Tuesday. “Through the efforts of scientists, designers, engineers and workers, a next-generation airliner is being created that returns our country to the top league of world aviation,” Rostec head Sergei Chemezov said in a statement.…
A Colorado mother said her family were kicked off a United Airlines flight after her 2-year-old daughter refused to keep a mask. Eliz Orban took cell video on Friday of a crew member speaking with her husband as he was trying to keep the mask on their daughter. The video, which Orban posted on Twitter,…
Bookings at Lufthansa have tripled for next Summer boosted by the imminent approval of a COVID-19 vaccine. Chief Executive Carsten Spohr told a German magazine Wirtschaftswoche that the concrete prospect of an effective vaccine against the coronavirus had boosted confidence among passengers. “The fact that people have also already reserved flights for the Easter period…
Heathrow airport announced that it will keep Terminal 4 closed until the end of next year. Passenger numbers at the airport fell by 88% in November as travel restrictions and England’s second COVID-19 lockdown took their toll. Based on current forecasts and a continued decline in passengers, Heathrow has decided that Terminal 4 will remain…
