Sydney Airport’s east-west runway accepted its first flights yesterday, Sunday 9 May 2021, more than a year after it was closed to accommodate the extraordinary demand for aircraft parking due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The east-west runway accommodated almost 50 grounded aircraft from almost all domestic airlines during the crisis. The move to re-open the…
An American Eagle flight to Charlotte was forced to divert to Charleston due to severe thunderstorms. The flight was being operated by Republic Airways. The Embraer ERJ-175 regional jet was performing flight AA4798 from Key West International Airport, Florida, to Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday. However, due to bad weather, it was forced to divert…
A woman has been arrested after smuggling an estimated $40,000 worth of cocaine in seven pairs of shoes upon her return to the United States from Jamaica. The incident occurred on Sunday, May 2, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport when a 21-year-old woman from Georgia was pulled aside for further inspection by U.S. Customs and…
These images were shot in the Pyrenees (France) in September 2019, near the Col du Tourmalet in Barèges. This mountain field is also named Castillon de la Laquette, reference LF6528. Very steep, and ultimately relatively long taking this slope into account, care must be taken to conserve enough energy to reach the platform and not…
UK’s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that UK residents can leave the country for the first time in months from 17 May, allowing them to go on foreign holidays to green list countries. On Friday, 12 countries and territories have been added to the green list, meaning anyone returning from these countries will not…
London Heathrow Airport has pushed back the reopening date of Terminal 3 due to continued uncertainty over travel restrictions imposed by the government. Heathrow’s Terminal 3 was shut down in April 2020 after the global outbreak of the coronavirus. The terminal was previously announced to reopen on May 17. However, it has now been pushed…
Delta Air Lines has resumed selling middle seat blocks on Saturday, becoming the last major U.S. air carrier to unblock the middle seats. Delta’s CEO Ed Bastian announced in late March that the middle seats would be reopened in all cabin classes on every aircraft on May 1. In a statement following the first-quarter earnings…
A British Airways flight carrying 27 tonnes of medical aid to coronavirus hit-Indian has taken off from Heathrow Airport. The Boeing 777-200 aircraft took off from the London airport at 5pm on Wednesday for the eight-hour journey to Delhi, India’s capital city. British Airways and its sister company IAG Cargo will cover the costs of…
The former CEO of Etihad, James Hogan, was caught at Heathrow trying to violate the UK’s quarantine rules. He is now facing a fine of £10,000. Hogan flew from Geneva to London Heathrow on March 19 using his UK passport. However, he didn’t declare that he had visited the United Arab Emirates days before his…
A 9-year-old boy was found safe after making his way into the conveyer-belt baggage handling system at Minneapolis International Airport on Saturday. He went missing when a group of around 20 travellers were checking in their bags. In a statement, Pat Hogan, spokesperson for Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport via MPR News said: “Among them was a…
Boeing and the Lufthansa Group today announced the airline group will continue its fleet modernization with a new order for five 787-9 Dreamliners. The incremental order further supports the group’s efforts to reduce complexity in its long-haul fleet and improve overall environmental performance by introducing more fuel-efficient widebody jets. The Lufthansa Group placed its initial…
