Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who feared for her safety at home after criticizing her coaches on social media, flew into Warsaw on Wednesday night on a humanitarian visa after leaving the Tokyo Olympics, a Polish diplomat confirmed. Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said the 24-year-old athlete had arrived in the Polish capital after flying…
A 6-year-old girl named Aarna Gupta from Haryana’s Panchkula has stunned the world with her impeccable memory skills. Recently, she bagged the world record for naming around 93 airlines just by looking at their airplane tails. Not just her memory, but she had to go through the test of time as well in order to…
British Airways has added extra capacity to the US after seeing bookings almost double within hours of the UK government announcement that vaccinated US arrivals to England would no longer need to quarantine. BA reported US bookings “surged by 95%” following the announcement on Wednesday of the relaxation from August 2, saying it has added…
London Heathrow northern runway surface repairs. From 2 to 14 August, London Heathrow will change to single runway operations overnight from 20:00, landing on and taking off from the southern runway. This is to accommodate essential surface repair works to our northern runway. The Airport will resume dual runway operations each morning at 06:00 in…
Mile-high marriage onboard a Southwest flight. York, a Southwest Pilot, and Sabrina, a fellow aviation-lover, met in person for the first time at a Southwest ticket counter. As the two began dating, Sabrina would join York’s trips for Southwest on her days off, allowing the two to travel together from city to city. The ceremony…
People who are fully vaccinated from the EU and US will not need to quarantine when arriving in England, the BBC has been told. Currently, people who have been fully vaccinated in the UK do not have to isolate when travelling from countries on the amber list, except from France. But that exemption did not…
The US has tightened its definition of the word “astronaut”. New Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules say astronaut hopefuls must be part of the flight crew and make contributions to space flight safety. That means Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson may not yet be astronauts in the eyes of the US government. These are…
Malaysia Airlines has put its Airbus A380s on sale. The airline was planning to sell these superjumbos as early as six years ago. The airline has now posted the news on its LinkedIn page, which states that offers can be made till noon on August 12. Malaysia Airlines has a fleet of six Airbus A380s,…
Viral video captured an American Airlines passenger being booted off a Texas-to-Florida flight after she allegedly refused to properly mask up. The action unfolded Saturday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as passengers boarded Flight 2823 to Miami, which was running four hours late due to a maintenance issue. An agent spotted the female passenger wearing…
Parts of the false ceiling collapsed at Islamabad Airport, Pakistan, after heavy rainfall in twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Monday. The ceiling can be seen collapsed with water pouring out of it like an indoor artificial waterfall. The ceiling falling caused damage to many counters. The immigration centre was also damaged and the…
Airbus has delivered the first A350 from its widebody completion & delivery centre in Tianjin (C&DC), China, taking additional steps in the expansion of its global footprint and long-term strategic partnership with China. The A350-900 aircraft was delivered to China Eastern Airlines, the largest Airbus operator in Asia and second largest in the world. At…
American Airlines will cancel the leave for about 3300 flight attendants and call them back for the holiday season. According to Brady Byrnes, vice president of flight service, “Increasing customer demand and new routes starting later this year mean we need more flight attendants to operate this airline.” Byrnes also said that the returning crew…
