Thanks to Martin Mason for airlive.net ALERT Thomas Cook #MT2152 is circling over Manchester since more than 2hours https://t.co/RhTvQApnls pic.twitter.com/8qOq6jxL1w — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) April 9, 2016
Qatar Airways have announced a substantial aircraft upgrade on the airline’s Doha-Geneva route from 1st July 2016. They will be upgrading their Geneva flight to a B788, which will become the airline’s second Dreamliner route to Switzerland after Zürich. The Geneva route is normally operated by an A320 with 132 seats. The B788 route will…
On March 31st, KLM initiated a series of flights using sustainable biofuels between Oslo Gardermoen and Amsterdam’s Schiphol. It is said that these flights will be operated between a 5 or 6 week period to compare data between these biofuels and traditional jet fuel. The Biofuel will be used on the airline’s Embraer E190 aircraft.…
Thursday 7th April 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of operations between Reykjavik & Manchester for Icelandair. The first flight took off from Manchester on April 7th 2006 and have gone from 2 flights per week to 4 weekly flights in the Summer with intentions of going daily in the Winter. Andres Jonsson UK Director for…
Low cost carrier Transavia have celebrated a milestone already in their new base in Munich just 2 weeks after they opened their new base. They have received over 10,000 passengers within 14 days of operations. The 10,000th Passenger was given a voucher from Transavia which enables her to pick a destination within Transavia’s network. The…
Atlas Air have announced on April 7th that they have completed the Acquisition of cargo firm Southern Air, who are a provider of domestic and international cargo operations, for $110 million and have not assumed any of the company’s debt with the acquisition. The deal is still subject to customary adjustments between the 2 airlines. …
A Boeing 777-300 flight QR725 from Doha to Chicago did an emergency landing today at Domodedovo airport in Moscow due to health state of 14-year-old child. On board, a teenager from Saudi Arabia appeared in toxic shock syndrome and hyperthermia. He then fell into a coma. He was urgently sent to one of the suburban hospitals. His condition is serious. Source LifeNews
After 5 attempts to land at Leeds Bradford due to flap issue, Jet2 Boeing 737-300 flight LS286 from Geneva diverted to Manchester for a flapless landing (180 kts) runway 23R. BREAKING #LS286 with a flap issue on 5th attempt to land at Leeds Bradford https://t.co/hlogpoRRoY pic.twitter.com/U78OVKbCKL — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) April 7, 2016
The 3,110 metre runway will be built 1.6km north of the existing main runway and is expected to be delivered in 2020. Dublin Airport is investing in the region of €320 million in this multi-faceted project which will comprise multiple contracts and packages of works. Dublin Airport received planning permission in August 2007 to build…
