New Zealand’s fourth largest airport had to close early on Friday due to a lack of Air Traffic Controllers. Airways New Zealand, said that due to controllers calling in sick, they did not have enough controllers to provide ATC services past 7:30pm local time – 1 hour and 50 minutes earlier than normal. Airways said…
A former Malaysia Airlines flight attendant has been jailed for at least 3 years after attempting to smuggle more than 2.5kg of heroin into Australia. Fariq Aqbal Omar was seen by CCTV at Melbourne airport with unusual bulges showing through his airline uniform in May last year. Mr Omar carried the drugs onboard at Kuala…
There are reports today of an Airbus reconnaissance-style drone crashing near the Australian outback town of Wyndham. Airbus has confirmed to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), that one of it’s aircraft involved in an experimental flight for the UK Ministry of Defence ended earlier than planned in March due to adverse weather. While Western Australian…
Jet Airways has cancelled all international flights scheduled to fly today and tomorrow amid its worst financial crunch since it was founded 25 years ago. “Jet Airways flights to London, Amsterdam and Paris from Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru scheduled for April 12 are cancelled for operational reasons,” said an airline source close to the…
British Airways has brought together its four heritage liveried aircraft which were repainted to mark the airline’s centenary this year, alongside an A319 in the current Chatham Dockyard livery. To capture the photo, the four heritage aircraft, which were in scheduled downtime and parked at the airline’s engineering base. The Boeing 747 in BOAC livery…
JetBlue Airways on Wednesday said it is planning to launch its first service to London, an aggressive move by the low-cost airline that’s aimed at luring lucrative corporate travelers away from entrenched rivals that already dominate air travel across the Atlantic. The carrier announced it will launch daily flights from New York and Boston to…
The US has threatened to impose tariff counter measures of up to $11.2bn on a host of European products in response to subsidies received by aircraft maker Airbus. In a statement, the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) had repeatedly found that EU subsidies to Airbus have caused…
The only functioning airport in the Libyan capital of Tripoli has been hit in an air raid, local TV and several agencies report, citing eyewitnesses. Heavy fighting broke out between the forces of the country’s two governments. A military aircraft belonging to the Libyan National Army forces has reportedly targeted Mitiga airport, located in the…
London Heathrow to New York-JFK is Europe’s busiest international scheduled service, according to Routesonline, which revealed that almost three million passengers travelled on the 5,500 kilometre route in 2018. A total of 2,919,864 passengers boarded flights between the two destinations in 2018, based on the latest data from Sabre Market Intelligence, representing a rise of…
Fighters loyal to warlord Khalifa Hifter said they had overrun the airport, on the southern edge of the city. But government forces mounted a counterattack. Libya‘s government forces say they are now in control of Triplo airport. The airport has been closed since it suffered widespread damage during battles between rival groups in 2014 but still…
The last commercial passenger flight took off from Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Saturday and convoys of trucks ferried thousands of tonnes of equipment across the city to a giant new airport which Turkey plans to make the biggest in the world. After starting on Friday, Turkish Airlines will have a 45-hour window to complete one…
Statement from Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg: As we work closely with customers and global regulators to return the 737 MAX to service, we continue to be driven by our enduring values, with a focus on safety, integrity and quality in all we do. We now know that the recent Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian…
