The European pilots’ group (ECA) urged the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to conduct its own thorough and independent review of the Boeing 737 Max before allowing the planes to fly again. The group represents 38,000 European pilots, including those at airlines that have purchased the Boeing 737 Max, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Ryanair. The…
A man has been filmed lighting a cigarette in the middle of a packed plane. Shocked passengers on board the Spirit Airlines flight to Minnesota, US, watched as the man took started to smoke, before closing his eyes and settling back into his chair. A woman in the same row as the smoker said his…
Her Majesty visited the airline’s headquarters ahead of its centenary celebrations which will take place later this year. The Queen arrived at Heathrow Airport today to mark the 100th anniversary of British Airways. Staff dressed in the company’s distinctive uniforms as they lined up to greet the royal visitor at their headquarters in west London.…
A BRIT woman has died at Majorca’s Palma Airport inside a Ryanair plane bound for Edinburgh in Scotland. The 58-year-old fell ill after boarding the Ryanair flight due to leave Palma for Edinburgh at 12.10pm local time on May 22th. Local reports said she is thought to have suffered a heart attack. Passengers were asked…
The Federal Aviation Administration is gathering dozens of the world’s top aviation officials in Fort Worth for a day-long conclave Thursday to talk about the Boeing 737 Max. The gathering in Fort Worth, Texas is expected to provide clues as to whether the aviation safety authorities will be willing to set aside any skepticism about…
British Airways has confirmed it is to cease flights from London Heathrow to both Kiev and St Petersburg from October 4. In the case of St Petersburg, the carrier has been operating flights to the Russian city since 1971, but said that the route “is no longer commercially viable”. BA said that “We will work…
After a four-year gap, Virgin Atlantic is relaunching flights between London Heathrow and Mumbai from October 27, partially filling up the void that withdrawal of Jet Airways service has caused. The new flights will depart from and arrive at Heathrow in the morning to align with connecting flows to and from United States, by both…
A flight from Los Angeles flew dangerously close to a 5,700ft mountain peak after an air traffic controller confused right with left in his instructions. The incident occurred when weather around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) meant flights had to take off heading east rather than travelling west, directly over the Pacific Ocean, as usual.…
Ryanair has seen profits fall by 29 per cent, to €1.02 billion, for the year to March 31st as the price of seats fell and the cost of fuel rose. The low-cost carrier said worse could be to come this summer as over capacity in Europe pushes carriers to cut prices further. The headline figure…
Airbus celebrated the delivery of its 12,000th aircraft ever in its 50-year history. The aircraft was an A220-100, assembled in Mirabel, Canada and handed over to U.S.-based Delta Air Lines. The aircraft is the 12th A220 delivered to date to Delta Air Lines since the carrier received its first A220 in October 2018. The A220…
Heathrow has announced that its statutory 12.5-week consultation on its expansion plans will launch on 18 June 2019. This step is the latest delivery milestone for the infrastructure project, and the responses received will feed into a final planning application. To mark the news, the airport has released a series of new images showing an…
Some 18 years after it last closed its doors, Eero Saarinen’s iconic TWA terminal has been reborn as a retro hotel at JFK Airport in New York. After sitting dormant beside John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 5 for nearly 20 years, the historic TWA Flight Center reopened May 15 as the sleek and retro-chic…
