A Singapore Airlines flight headed to London’s Heathrow Airport found it had an unintended passenger on board. Business-class passengers found themselves greeted by the avian stowaway about 12 hours into the flight. A typical Singapore-London flight takes about 14 hours. In a statement on Sunday (Jan 13), an SIA spokesman confirmed that a bird was…
Due to staffing issues associated with the partial shutdown of the federal government, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint and the ticketing counter in Terminal B at George Bush Intercontinental Airport closed at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, and will remain closed the rest of the day. Flights scheduled to depart from…
Italy sent an aircraft to Bolivia on Sunday to pick up fugitive left-wing militant Cesare Battisti after he was captured there nearly three decades after being convicted of murder in his home country. The development sets the stage for a climactic end to one of Italy’s longest-running efforts to bring a fugitive to justice. The…
On Saturday, Sunday and Monday Miami International Airport will end flights at 1 p.m. from Concourse G and relocate them to either to Concourse F or Concourse H. The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) 51,000 officers will miss a paycheck on Friday as the shutdown hits its 21st day. The screeners are among the lowest-paid federal…
A record 80 million passengers used Heathrow last year as numbers grew by 2.7% over 2017. The growth was boosted by the use of larger and fuller aircraft and comes as the London hub starts fresh consultation on plans to expand with a third runway. Heathrow is one of only seven airports in the world…
Authorities are investigating a decapitation involving a helicopter at a Florida airport, according to multiple local media reports. A maintenance man was decapitated by the rotor of a helicopter near the Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport in Brooksville, a Hernando County Fire Rescue official confirms to 10News. Preliminary information from the Federal Aviation Administration says a…
Two months after Flybe put itself up for sale, the regional airline is to be rescued by a consortium involving Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Air. Virgin Atlantic has agreed to team up with Stobart Group to form a new company that will also include the Stobart Air franchise operation
Chen Guosheng piloted Flight DZ6286 from Nantong in eastern Jiangsu province to Lanzhou in northwestern Gansu province, and the connecting flight from Lanzhou to Beijing on July 28, 2018. During the journey he reportedly allowed his wife, surnamed Wang, onto the flight deck on three occasions. The pilot has been suspended for six months and…
The subsidiary Joon to be absorbed by Air France. Just 13 months after its launch by former Air France-KLM CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac and former Air France CEO Franck Terner, this low-cost Air France subsidiary will be stopped. Joon will be absorbed by Air France. The airline and the brand will disappear. An agreement on the integration…
Airbus delivered 800 commercial aircraft to 93 customers in 2018, meeting its full year delivery guidance and setting a new company record. Deliveries were 11% higher than the previous record of 718 units, set in 2017. In total, the 2018 commercial aircraft deliveries comprise: Airbus A220 (since it became part of the Airbus family in…
Boeing has published delivery numbers for the year of 2018. The manufacturer’s monthly production rate came up at 67 planes across the entire catalog. Boeing produced more than 11 Boeing 737s every week. Commercial Airplanes Programs Boeing 737: 580 planes delivered Boeing 747: 6 planes delivered Boeing 767*: 27 planes delivered Boeing 777: 48 planes…
Google is revealing a new Google Assistant check in feature. Google Assistant will let you check in to your flights just by saying “Hey Google, check in to my flight.” You won’t need to burrow emails or ref number. Google Assistant will know what flight number it is. To simplify even more aspects of travel, the…
