Low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair will close two bases in Italy and stop services to another Italian destination completely over an increase in the country’s municipal tax. The Ireland-based LCC intends to close its bases at Alghero at Pescara from September, as well as cease services to Crotone, over a Jan. 1 rise in the tax…
London Gatwick main runway was closed due to a Virgin Boeing 747-400 dropping oil. Flights departed from the old disused backup runway 08L. Many flights were diverted to Southampton Airport and flight delay was increasing. ALERT Difficulties at London Gatwick airport, many flights are diverting. Live: https://t.co/3WsAp7pYU7 pic.twitter.com/jcirk7C4xr — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) February 29, 2016 Flight operations resumed…
Runway Inspection A "behind the scenes" look at one element of the daily duties of our Airfield Operations Team. Posté par London Luton Airport sur mercredi 24 février 2016
British Airways is to begin flying from Stansted for the first time this summer. The airline announced today that it will begin flights from the Essex airport to Faro, Malaga, Palma and Ibiza from May 28. These flights will be operated by the airline’s subsidiary BA City Flyer using 98-seat Embraer 190 jets.
The first Solar Impulse 2 maintenance flight took place on Friday 26 of February. The plane took off from Kalaeloa airport at 4:32PM UTC with test pilot Markus Scherdel in the cockpit, and landed at 6:05PM UTC. During the hour and a half that it lasted, the team based at the Mission Control Center performed…
British Airways has flown generations of solo children around the world, with “flying nannies” looking after under-12s travelling alone. But in BA’s latest move to cut costs, the airline is ending its “Unaccompanied Minor” (UM) service – angering parents who face flying thousands of miles to pick up or deliver their offspring. The airline has…
Ryanair flight FR2306 from London Luton to Bratislava diverted to Berlin Schönefeld airport at (19:10 LT). A group of 12 English passengers were going to Bratislava for bachelor party. Six of them (including the soon-to-be groom) were asking to drink alcohol and disrupted the flight. Medias reported one of them undressed and refused to obey the crew’s instructions. German police…
British Airways #BA469 from Bilbao to London LHR declared an emergency and diverted to Bordeaux. The crew declared PAN PAN and headed to BOD. The aircraft (an Airbus A320), suffered a cabin pressure control issue. Departure from Bordeaux is still not scheduled. UPDATE British Airways #BA469 safely landed runway 05 at Bordeaux. UPDATE British Airways #BA469…
According to a safety incident report published by the United Kingdom’s Airprox air safety board, an Airbus A319 landing at Heathrow International Airport last September narrowly avoided a collision with a drone flying at an altitude of 500 feet as the jet was on its final approach. The pilots reported the small hovering helicopter-style drone…
United Airlines flight UA76 from Belfast to New York (Newark) declared an an emergency a short moment after takeoff. BREAKING #UA76 is declaring an emergency and holding over Belfast – @DUB_Aviation https://t.co/RhTvQApnls pic.twitter.com/6mww1w35Lt — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) February 27, 2016 United decided to divert the flight to London Heathrow but the Boeing 757 started holding pattern…
The British Airways Boeing 777 damaged by fire 5 months ago at Las Vegas is heading to Victorville Southern California Airport (VCV) for repaint. Then the plane will do some flight test before entering back in service. UPDATE British Airways B777 damaged by fire at Las Vegas is airborne to VCV for repaint https://t.co/RhTvQApnls pic.twitter.com/g3TSADsXB4…
