VIDEO Runway Inspection every 2 hours at London Luton Airport
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
NEWS British Airways to start Stansted flights
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.
NEWS First training flight after the repairs of Solar Impulse 2 is a success
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…
NEWS British Airways to no longer accept unaccompanied children under 12
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…
NEWS Passengers part of a bachelor party force Ryanair flight #FR2306 to divert to Berlin
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 to London LHR declared an emergency and diverted to Bordeaux
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…
NEWS Drone flies within 30 feet of passenger jet landing at Heathrow
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 #UA76 is declaring an emergency and diverted to Manchester due to hydraulic pressure issue
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…
ALERT British Airways Boeing 777 damaged by fire at Las Vegas is back in the air!
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…
VIDEO Saudi fighter jets arrive at Turkish airbase near Syrian border
Saudi fighter jets began arriving at Turkey’s Incirlik airbase on Friday, allegedly to take part in the country’s aerial missions against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS) in Syria. According to Turkish authorities, the warplanes will start their operations next Thursday.
NEWS London Heathrow reaches 75 million passengers in 2015
More people than ever chose London Heathrow Airport in 2105, with the location welcoming 75 million passengers in 2015. The figure is a two per cent increase on 2014. The airport also recorded strong financial performance in 2015, with revenue of £2,765 million, up 2.7 per cent, and EBITDA of £1,605 million, up three per…
