Moray Council has confirmed plans have been put in place to use an old aircraft hangar at Kinloss as a temporary mortuary during the outbreak. The space, which used to house Nimrod spy planes, would only be used in the “worst case” senario if there are a large number deaths in the local area. The…
Scottish airline Loganair has begun flying into London Heathrow for the first time. It has transferred its regular link between Isle of Man and London from City Airport (which is temporarily closed) to Heathrow. Loganair is using Terminal 5, the home of British Airways, which has consolidated its Heathrow operations at T5. The single flight…
Current KLM aircraft parked at Amsterdam Schiphol: 13 x Airbus A330 15 x Boeing 777-200 fleet 7 x Boeing 747-400 17 x Embraer 175 15 x Embraer 190 34 x Boeing 737
On march 29, 2020, the passenger version of the KLM 747 made her final commercial landing at Amsterdam airport Schiphol. The Queen of the skies flew for KLM for nearly 50 years, so it’s truly the end of an era. This video includes the last 3 commercial landings of the pax 747’s of KLM.
British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36,000 staff. According to the BBC, the airline, which grounded much of its fleet due to the coronavirus crisis, has been negotiating with the Unite union for more than a week. The two sides have reached a broad deal but are yet to sign on…
A Russian Air Force Antonov An-124 has landed today at New York JFK. A Russian Air Force Antonov An-124 carrying medical equipment to help fight the COVID-19 outbreak has landed at New York’s JFK Airport, the Russian Mission to the United Nations said on Wednesday. Travelling from Moscow, the aircraft had to stop in Shannon…
Grounding the world’s commercial airliners in an attempt to stop the coronavirus crossing international borders could have an unexpected effect: weather forecasts may get less accurate. That is because commercial planes often carry meteorological instruments, and the readings they gather feed into weather-forecasting models. With most flights cancelled, this valuable data set has been temporarily…
The German government stands ready to take over airline Condor. According to Reuters, the German government stands ready to take over airline Condor after an agreement by Polish carrier LOT to acquire the carrier is likely to collapse. LOT owner PGL has made a takeover deal contingent on certain financial guarantees that the German government…
Delta delivers new standard of airline cleanliness with “Delta Clean”. The airline is revolutionizing cleanliness across airports and on aircraft in order to deliver a new standard of clean for customers. “The highest levels of clean should not be reserved for times of crisis – customers deserve to feel confident and safe whenever they decide…
The government of Dubai has offered its backing to Emirates, and will “inject equity into the company” in order to protect it from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, crown prince of Dubai, said the airline was vital to the strategic interests of the United Arab Emirates…
Furloughed crew from crisis-hit Scandinavian airline SAS are taking a three-day course in basic hospital duties to help plug gaps in a Swedish healthcare system strained by thousands of coronavirus cases. The airline, part owned by the governments of Sweden and Denmark, temporarily laid off 10,000 staff – 90 per cent of its workforce –…
London Heathrow Airport is set to be turned into a medical supply hub in the government’s wartime effort against coronavirus. Britains biggest airport will overhaul its operations this week, prioritising cargo flights carrying pharmaceutical and medical supplies. Around half of the nations supplies will be shipped to the airport. Logistics companies have begun importing thousands…
