Delta Air Lines flight from South Carolina to New York had to land in North Carolina on Monday after loss of cabin pressure, the airline said. Oxygen masks dropped from overhead about 30 minutes after takeoff, according to passenger Lindsay Branciforte. Delta Flight 4058 took off from Charleston at 6:30 a.m., originally heading for New…
Syrian Observatory reports rebels have shot down a warplane south of Aleppo in Syria. مقطع ثاني للطائرة الحربية التي اسقطت بريف #حلب الجنوبي . #RFS #syria #Aleppo pic.twitter.com/a2Yea8m8yp — RFS | NORTH (@RFS_NORTH) April 5, 2016
Qatar Airways, the world’s third largest air cargo operator, has commenced a daily cargo service between Logan International Airport (BOS) in Boston and Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha. All cargo is being transported on board the Airbus A350, as part of the airline’s daily, non-stop passenger service, which launched on March 16th. Boston becomes the airline’s 14th cargo destination in…
Emirates & Malaysia Airlines unveiled new routes under their codesharing agreement on April 4th to provide customers with even more connections when they are flying across the world. The new routes cover 15 Malaysian Cities: Langkawi Penang Johor Bahru Kuching Miri Bintulu Sibu Kota Kinabalu Sandakan Tawau Labuan Alor Setar Kota Bharu Kuantan Kuala Terengganu…
Singapore Airlines celebrated 30 years of flying to Manchester on April 4th. The first Singapore Airlines flight launched in April 1986 and flew the first direct flights between Singapore & Manchester. This makes Singapore Airlines the longest serving long-haul carrier at Manchester Airport. In 1986, the route was flown by the airline’s popular Boeing B747-300…
LOT Polish Airlines launched 5 routes on March 30th to expand their network within Warsaw Chopin Airport. They have added the following routes to their portfolio: Chopin-Beirut (Operated by E175 3x per week) Chopin-Cluj-Napoca (Operated by a Dash 8 Q400 4x per week) Chopin-Košice (Operated by a Dash 8 Q400 5x per week) Chopin-Palanga (Operated…
A Batik Air Boeing 737-800 registration PK-LBS reported a runway incursion incident with an ATR 42 belonging to Trans Nusa airline at Halim Perdanakusuma airport, Jakarta, tonight, Monday (04/04/2016). No casualties were reported, according to a statement from the transportation ministry. A Boeing 737-800 operated by Batik Air flight ID7703to Makassar, was attempting to take off from…
Straightline Aviation, based in Wolverhampton Business Airport has signed a £330m deal with Lockheed Martin for 12 airships and is currently working with Hybrid Enterprises, Lockheed Martin’s seller of the airship to finalise the agreement. Straightline Aviation hopes to receive their fleet by 2018. Mike Kendrick, the co-founder and CEO of Straightline Aviation said: “We are…
The third largest international cargo airline, Qatar Airways Cargo have announced the launch of their first mobile app, named QR Cargo, which is available for both Android & iOS devices via the Google Play Store & the Apple App Store. This application aims to give customers information about where their deliveries are with up-to-date status…
Boeing & Ryanair marked a milestone on April 4th 2016 with the delivery of Ryanair’s 400th Boeing B737-800 Next Generation Aircraft on April 2nd, registered as EI-FRC. The Irish LCC operates the largest fleet of B737-800NG’s in the world. “The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with its industry leading technical reliability and seating capacity, has been the…
