During the month, over 1.74 million passengers passed through Stansted, an increase of five per cent over January last year and surpassing the previous record of 1.66 million passengers also set in January 2016. Aircraft load factors also hit a record high for the month of January with an average of 81.4 per cent of…
A plane from London Heathrow to Shanghai with 186 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Siberia yesterday 14 february 2017. The China Eastern Airlines airbus A330-200 requested permission to land in Krasnoyarsk after an alarm indicated a fault in the aircraft’s right side engine and successfully landed at 1100 LT. On board were 186 passengers and 13 crew members.…
Harrison Ford had a near miss on Monday when he almost crashed his single-engine Husky plane into a Boeing 737. The actor had been instructed to land on runway 20L at John Wayne Airport, California, NBC News reports. But the 74-year-old mistakenly aimed for a taxiway, just passing over an American Airlines 737 loaded with…
Kim Jong Nam, the older brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was attacked at a Kuala Lumpur airport and died on the way to a hospital, a senior Malaysian official said Tuesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the incident’s diplomatic sensitivity, said Kim Jong Nam was attacked with…
Runway incursion today at Tel Aviv during easyJet flight on short final. At 1128 UTC, a Turkish Airlines A321 (reg.TC-JMH) flight #TK795 to Istanbul (IST) crossed runway 12 via taxiway R, on its way to depart from runway 26. At the same time, an easyJet A320 (reg.G-EZTK) flight U24783 from from Berlin (SXF) was about to land…
As part of its contribution to preserving aviation heritage, Airbus will be transferring Airbus A380 test aircraft to the Museum of Air and Space in Paris-Le Bourget. Airbus A380 MSN4 will arrive today afternoon at Le Bourget. Following the arrival and preparation for its display at the museum there, the iconic test aircraft will undergo a unique…
Ryanair has announced that it has issued a 6.5 year, €750 million Eurobond at a fixed coupon of 1.125 per cent. Ryanair is rated BBB+ (stable) by both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings. These ratings reflect the ratings of Ryanair’s business model which as a long established track record of profitability, cash generation, and…
British Airways is to start flying from Birmingham and Bristol airports again with the launch of four new summer-only routes to popular European sunspots. From May the airline will begin direct flights from both Birmingham and Bristol to the popular Spanish destinations of Malaga, Ibiza and Palma and to the Italian city of Florence. They…
A pilot was removed from a United Airlines flight Saturday after she used the plane’s intercom system for comments about her divorce to thoughts on President Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The strange comments rattled passengers, prompting dozens to walk off the plane as it prepared for takeoff from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas. Witnesses said the…
