Russian civil aviation authorities announced that they have finished the investigation of a passenger jet crash at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in May, 2019. Based on the results of the investigation, authorities are charging the aircraft’s captain with improper operation of the plane’s control during landing, leading to a crash that resulted in the deaths of…
A Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered the seizure of an aircraft belonging to Emirates Airline over an N8.1 million judgment debt. The order followed a motion filed by Dr. Charles Mekwunye seeking for the enforcement of a Supreme Court judgment in a suit between Miss Promise Mekwunye and the airline. Granting the reliefs sought…
A man who admitted inflicting a “despicable” and “prolonged” sexual attack on a woman on a flight from Mumbai to Manchester has been jailed. The victim woke up to find aman, 36, forcing his hands into her clothes and trying to kiss her as other passengers slept, police said. The woman eventually managed to break…
TAP Airport Portugal is now operating one of the most modern long-haul fleets in the world. The carrier has renewed its entire long-haul fleet in just one year. The Airbus A340-300s and almost all A330-200s in the airline’s fleet were replaced by the Airbus’s new-generation widebody jets A330-900s and single-aisle long-range A321LRs, while the remaining…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived in Delhi this morning for a five-day visit. The royal couple flew in on an Air India plane from Stockholm, and the national carrier tweeted photos of them at the Delhi airport. Photo of the Swedish royal couple immediately went viral as people noticed that…
South Africa’s government will place the national airline under a local form of bankruptcy protection as a last-ditch measure to try and prevent its total collapse. State-owned South African Airways is entering a business-rescue process to allow a “radical restructuring” under which the carrier will receive 4 billion rand ($274 million) in funding, Public Enterprises…
United Airlines has placed a firm order for 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft as it begins to phase out older models and launches an expansion of transatlantic routes from its key U.S. hubs in Newark/New York and Washington D.C. United plans to take delivery of the first A321XLR in 2024 and expects to begin international service…
A Florida woman faked a medical emergency in order to get a larger seat on an American Airlines flight, authorities said. But the pilot, apparently not realizing the emergency was bogus, turned the plane around. The woman, who wasn’t publicly identified, was taken into custody when Miami-bound flight American Eagle 3508 landed back in Pensacola…
A female passenger is claiming she was kicked off a Turkish Airlines flight after a white man reported her for being suspicious. The female passenger wearing a hijab claims a white man reported her for being suspicious after reading a conversation she was having with a friend over her shoulder. The police forced her to…
London-Gatwick Airport is set to lose around 600,000 passengers following the demise of Thomas Cook Airlines. In the final week of September, following the collapse, 50,000 passengers at Gatwick Airport alone were stripped off their flights, representing around 254 commercial operations. It is understood that easyJet and Jet2 have snapped up over 65% of the…
Hong Kong Airlines, controlled by cash-strapped Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, must shore up its financial position by Dec 7 or risk the suspension or loss of its licence, the Hong Kong government said on Monday (Dec 2). Hong Kong’s Transport and Housing Board (THB) said it met with the city’s second-largest airline on Nov 27…
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it notified Boeing that the agency will be the only issuer of airworthiness certificates for all new 737 MAX planes. In a letter sent to Boeing on Tuesday, the FAA said it “has determined that the public interest and safety in air commerce require that the FAA retain…
