A pilot has been suspended after posting online videos of himself in the cockpit of jets. The Air China employee attracted almost 72,000 fans on his Weibo account, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, with his clips. But the pilot, believed to be called ‘Andy’, has now been suspended by the company, which said his actions…
Following the expansion of their Istanbul services, Etihad has gone one-up again and have announced extra daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Johannesburg, South Africa. There will be 3 additional flights per week between the two destinations running between July & September with their Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The increased services are to cater for…
Australia says a piece of debris found on a Mauritian island will be examined to see if it is part of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. A hotel owner on the island who saw the debris said it bore a design and looked like it was from the inside of a plane. If confirmed, it…
American Airlines have announced that they are restarting certain routes out of Dublin & Shannon to expand their operations in Ireland much further. American have announced that the Dublin-Charlotte & Chicago routes will be operated by their Airbus A330 aircraft and their Shannon-Philadelphia Route will be operated by a Boeing B757. All of the three…
Etihad Airways have announced an expansion of routes out of Istanbul Airport. They will expand services to Istanbul with a 4x per week service to Sabiha Gokcen Airport starting on July 1st of this year. The service will be operated by the airline’s Airbus A320-200 and will have 16 seats in Business with 120 in…
One of Europe’s biggest airlines, easyJet launched a route between Malta and Geneva on March 29th. The new service which is expected to carry over 6,000 passengers in the first summer of it’s operations commenced on March 29th and will operate 2x per week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. easyJet launched services to Malta in 2008…
After launching their first passenger service in Orlando, National Airlines are to expand their connections by adding flights from New York, Islip & Puerto Rico. They were to initially launch these routes on July 1st but due to an increase in demand & growth, the airline have brought it forward by a month, to June…
A passenger, onboard British Airways flight BA104 (1st april) from Dubai to London Heathrow has been restrained in handcuffs. He also injured a fellow passenger who helped to restrain him. That time when you help restrain and handcuff a nutter at 40,000ft. He bites you, but it’s all ok because Captain Kendal lets you sit…
Flybe have announced the expansion of their presence in Doncaster with 2 brand new routes! They have announced that as part of their 2016/17 winter programme, they will be launching flights to Düsseldorf and Chambery. The Düsseldorf flights are due to start on the 30th October 2016 with the Chambery Flights to be launched on…
The head of Brussels Airport says a limited number of passenger flights are planned to resume Sunday. CEO Arnaud Feist made the announcement Saturday in a news conference at a hotel near the airport. He said the first service on Sunday should be three flights operated by Brussels Airlines, Belgium’s leading carrier, to Faro in…
United Airlines have begun their first transcontinental flight from the West Coast destination of San Fransisco to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. This makes United Airlines the first airline in the world to provide a direct service from the West Coast to the middle eastern destination. United Airlines Flight 954/955 will be operated…
