“Today, around 08.40, during airstrikes against Daesh targets [in Syria], Russian combat planes accidentally hit a building hosting Turkish servicemen taking part in Euphrates Shield operation. As a result, three Turkish soldiers were killed, 11 were wounded, including one seriously,” the Turkish General Staff said in a statement. The Russian Defense Ministry has also confirmed the unintentional strike, killing Turkish…
A quarter of a million more passengers used Manchester Airport in January 2017 than in January 2016, as the northern gateway continued to experience record breaking growth through the winter season. The 17.7 per cent growth in January, coupled with exceptional growth in December and November 2016, means that the airport has served 25.9 million…
Two Russian bombers were obviously flying over the coast of Europe today. The alert was given at 0600 UTC by NATO Operations Center in Germany when 6 Russian planes were moving near the Norwegian coast. 4 of the 6 planes then turned around to Russia and 2 Russian bombers continued their flight to the United Kingdom. Two Typhoon Eurofighter…
Singapore Airlines has announced a commitment to purchase 20 Boeing 777-9s and 19 additional 787-10s. The order is theoretically worth $13.8bn at list prices. There had been no 777X order announcements since June 2015. The national carrier and 787-10 launch customer also announced its recommitment for its previous order for 30 787-10 airplanes.
Nationwide, 2,779 flights had been canceled as of 7 a.m. ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. The vast majority of those cancellations were announced on Wednesday, with airlines preemptively grounding flights in anticipation of the storm. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1329 UTC Due to weather, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for…
A Swiss International Airlines Boeing 777 that made an emergency landing in Iqaluit last week remains at the airport while crews replace an engine. On Feb. 1 the Swiss plane traveling to Los Angeles from Zurich lost power on its left engine halfway through its trip. The aircraft landed safely in Iqaluit. There were 233…
A 20-year-old man, who has been arrested for allegedly falsely claiming he found a letter in an airplane bathroom that indicated a bomb was on United Airlines flight, faces a potential penalty of 10 years in federal prison and $250,000 fine. During a flight from San Diego to Denver on January 16, 2017 the passenger allegedly…
The windows in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner are awesome. You can electronically dim them for five different levels of sunlight and visibility. That’s so much better than the typical airplane window shade option of blinding or blocked out. But the coolest thing about Dreamliner windows are how huge they are, like vertical panoramas of the…
