On Friday last week, Malaysian authorities seized a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 777 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The PIA 777 was seized on a local Malaysian court’s order over the non-payment of a $14 million aircraft lease dues. The aircraft was supposed to fly back to Islamabad having operated flight 895 from Karachi…
All of its 270 weekly long-haul flights to the Netherlands from Friday. KLM, the Dutch subsidiary of Air France KLM, will halt all its 270 weekly long-haul flights to the Netherlands from Friday after new Covid-19 rules were imposed by the Dutch government, a spokeswoman for the airline said. Among a series of new regulations…
Two-Spirit Airlines agents were injured, and one of them was transported to the hospital in a bag dispute at Detroit Metro Airport. The airline told that the three passengers attacked its agents as Flight 646 from Detroit to Atlanta was boarding on Sunday, 17th January. They had been trying to board the flight to Atlanta…
US President-elect Joe Biden plans to quickly extend travel restrictions barring travel by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil soon after President Donald Trump lifted those requirements effective Jan. 26, a spokeswoman for Biden said. Trump signed an order Monday lifting the restrictions he imposed early last year in…
A California man who police said claimed to be too afraid to fly due to COVID-19 hid out for three months in a secured area of O’Hare International Airport until his weekend arrest, prosecutors said Sunday. Aditya Singh, 36, is charged with felony criminal trespass to a restricted area of an airport and misdemeanor theft.…
The European regulator will authorize the return to service of the Boeing 737 MAX “next week”, according to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). “We think we will publish it (the airworthiness directive, Editor’s note) next week. From our point of view, the MAX will be able to fly again (in Europe) from next week”,…
Those that refuse to wear masks at Perth Airport in Western Australia could face fines of up to $50,000 ($US38,400 €31,800 £28,300). To help keep you Covid-safe, it is now mandatory to wear masks within Perth Airport’s terminals. If you are travelling, dropping off or meeting a passenger, arrive wearing your mask to enter the…
A joey was spotted hopping onboard an American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Newport News this weekend. He was reportedly being relocated as part of a wildlife conservation project. He was flying in the cabin like a regular passenger. The baby kangaroo appears to be on board a Bombardier CRJ-900 jet operated by PSA Airlines.…
About fifty Chinese travelers tested positive for Covid at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Sunday. A strange phenomenon was observed at Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport. 49 Chinese passengers, in transit to Shanghai, were tested positive for the coronavirus this Sunday. They are currently isolated in a hotel, but these concordant tests lead to questions as…
The UK has today closed all travel corridors, meaning all arrivals will now have to quarantine for ten days. The move, announced on Friday, is designed to slow the spread of Covid-19 across the country – but critics have argued it has been implemented up to a year too late. Travellers arriving in the UK,…
Emirates has announced that it will indefinitely suspend flights to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The move comes after Australia halved the flight caps into Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. The last flight to Brisbane was Saturday with the last flights to Sydney and Melbourne occurring on Tuesday. However, the airline will continue…
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson today signed an order (PDF) directing a stricter legal enforcement policy against unruly airline passengers in the wake of recent, troubling incidents. The FAA has seen a disturbing increase in incidents where airline passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent behavior. These incidents have stemmed both from passengers’ refusals to…
