A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M military strategic transporter has been damaged following a bird strike while operating at Getafe Air Base, Spain on June 24th 2020. The bird struck the side of the aircraft mid-flight, causing a giant hole in the military plane just under the cockpit. Feathers from the bird could be seen…
Calling for a ban on domestic flights, which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, around 20 environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) entered Friday morning, on June 20, on a runway in Orly. After deploying their banners on the tarmac, “briefly” interrupting airport activity according to ADP, the activists were arrested by the police. Paris-Orly Airport…
easyJet will be relaunching more flights from airports across Europe. EasyJet is to launch hundreds more international flights at airports across the UK from next week. The airline said it will restart the international and domestic flights from July 1, as it also secured a major cash injection to bolster its finances in the face…
Emirates has suspended flights from Pakistan after passengers who transited through Dubai tested positive for Covid-19. The decision was taken after 26 people on board a flight from Pakistan to Hong Kong via Dubai were found to have the virus. The airline said it was committed to serving its customers in Pakistan and is “working…
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be grounding nearly 150 out of its 426 pilots, amid an inquiry that they hold “dubious” licences, a company spokesman said. The decision comes at a time when an initial inquiry into a PIA plane crash was presented before the parliament by the country’s aviation minister, who also highlighted irregularities…
The first flight took off from Orly airport south of Paris at 6:25am Friday, marking a reopening after shutting down on March 31 due to the coronavirus crisis, but with just a fraction of its normal flights. A Transavia plane bound for the Portuguese city of Porto was sprayed by water cannons from the airport…
At least 262 out of the total 860 active pilots in the country did not give proper exams. Around 40 per cent of the pilots in Pakistan have fake flying licences, said the Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar. Sarwar revealed the startling news about the ‘fake’ pilots while presenting a provisional inquiry report in the National…
Qantas will ground its A380 aircraft fleet in the Mojave desert. Qantas will ground its entire flagship Airbus A380 fleet until at least the middle of 2023 as the airline comes to grips with what’s expected to be a prolonged downturn in international travel. “We’re parking the A380s for at least three years,” Qantas Group…
An initial probe into the plane crash near Karachi last month that killed 97 people has found the pilots did not properly carry out a set of procedures and were not “focused” because of coronavirus, Pakistan’s aviation minister has said. Investigators put the crash down to human error, blaming negligence from both the pilots and…
The RAF VIP plane used by Boris Johnson and senior members of the government to travel around the world is to have its grey livery repainted estimated to cost about £900,000. The union flag-inspired paint job for the Voyager aircraft comes two years after the prime minister complained about the dullness of its former colour.…
From 15 July, A380 will return to the skies with flights to London Heathrow and Paris. For Emirates is operating all its passenger flights on the Boeing 777. A total of 71 Emirates A380s are grounded at Al Maktoum International Airport. One A380 has already left the fleet and Emirates will likely phases out two…
British Airways has grounded most of its 30-strong fleet in response to the massive slump in travel demand caused by the COVID-19. The vast majority of BA’s 747’s have been put into longterm storage at facilities in Wales, but several were being used on repatriation to London Heathrow. Sources claim British Airways has now formally…
