President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s aircraft on Thursday made the first ever landing at Istanbul’s new colossal airport, which is expected to formally open to air traffic on Oct. 29. The Turkish presidential aircraft TC-ANK took off after Erdogan’s election rally in Gaziantep to make its historic landing on the 3,750-meter-long and 60-meter-wide runway. The Istanbul’s…
More than 2,000 British Airways passengers have had their tickets cancelled because the prices were too cheap, a travel agent said. Travel Up chief Ali Shah said he believes another five agencies also sold tickets through the airline’s mistake. BA has apologised for the error on flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai but refused to…
Nippon Cargo Airlines, also known as NCA, has announced that it will be suspending all departures from Tokyo as of June 16 and will be suspending all operations from June 17. The decision comes after inconsistencies were found regarding the application of lubricating oil to one of their Boeing 747-8Fs in early April. In an…
Cathay Pacific Airways has become the second airline to operate the A350-1000, the world’s newest long range widebody airliner. The airline took delivery of the aircraft at a special event in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the first of 20 A350-1000s ordered by Cathay Pacific and will join the carrier’s growing fleet of A350 XWB aircraft, which…
Lufthansa Group is in talks for a takeover of low-cost carrier Norwegian. Carsten Spohr, CEO of the German flag-carrier, confirmed the news on Monday morning in an interview with German newspaper ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’. But says that there is no firm plan or even deal to buy the Norway-based airline at the moment: “It’s a question…
Hindered by strikes and outdated equipment, French air traffic control is responsible for a third of aviation delays in Europe, Le Parisien said on Monday (Jun 18), citing a senate finance committee report. Between 2004 and 2016, French air traffic controllers were on strike 254 days, while second-placed Greece only had 46 days of stoppages,…
The Abu Dhabi-based airline operator is struggling with financial problems and wants to adjust the fleet plans for the future. Etihad lost a great deal of money on its investment projects such as Alitalia and airberlin and recently decided to restructure its fleet and workforce. Sources report that Etihad wants to postpone or cancel the…
EasyJet has claimed air fares on some UK and European routes would be cut by nearly a third if a new runway is built at Heathrow. The Luton-based budget airline said expansion of the London hub would lead to greater competition from more low-cost carriers. Chief commercial officer Robert Carey said: “This expansion would enable…
An Ilyushin Il-76 strategic airlifter discharged 40 tons of water a little short of its target forest area during fire drills and… spilled it on an unsuspecting traffic police squad. The aircraft was taking part in fire drills and was carrying some 40 tons of water to be dropped on wooded land somewhere near the…
An alligator on the taxiway at Orlando International Airport was responsible for a delay to a Spirit Airlines flight yesterday. Passenger Anothony Verladi said his plane had just landed when he spotted the large reptile bumbling across the tarmac towards a pond. Velardi said that the flight was delayed for five minutes before it could…
Ryanair will open a new base at London Southend, from April 2019, with three based aircraft at the airport. The carrier said it represented an investment of $300 million. The low-cost airline will operate and 13 new routes to eight countries, including Alicante, Barcelona Reus, Bilbao, Brest, Corfu, Cluj, Dublin, Faro, Kosice, Malaga, Milan Bergamo,…
