Ronald Reagan National Airport, one of the primary airports serving the Washington DC area, registered a power outage beginning at approximately 9:45 pm ET, forcing the airport to put at least some flight takeoffs on hold, and divert others, with many computer systems down. The airport said via Twitter that flights were operating, albeit slowly…
A mum has said she was locked up in jail for three days with her young daughter after she ordered a glass of wine on a flight to Dubai. Ellie Holman, 44, was travelling to the city with her four-year-old little girl, Bibi. However after they landed, the mum was arrested after being questioned about…
Are you old enough to remember a time before mobile phones, a time before in-seat entertainment during flights? The best you might have to work with is one movie playing on a tiny TV 8 seats down or the two books you brought with you. How did anyone manage to fly internationally without going…
An under-developed fetus was discovered on an American Airlines flight at LaGuardia Airport. After the flight arrived from Charlotte and passengers deplaned Monday night, the cleaning crew made the discovery in the bathroom Tuesday morning. The plane was being held at Terminal B while the medical examiner’s office spent several hours onboard the aircraft. The…
Parts of Schönefeld Airport in Berlin were closed off for one hour due to a “pleasure device” found in a bag. A Terminal was partly evacuated at Berlin Schönefeld (SXF), after security alerted police over a device found during a routine X-ray check of a passenger’s bag. Writing in a post on social media, the…
The Hi Fly A380 will operate between London Gatwick airport and New York’s John F Kennedy hub after the grounding of some of Norwegian’s own Boeing 787s, according to a spokesman for the airline. The trans-Atlantic stint comes after the Scandinavian arm of Thomas Cook Group this week used the double-decker to transport holidaymakers between…
Saudi state airline Saudia has declared it is suspending flights to and from Toronto, as its diplomatic row with Canada ramps up. Saudia made the announcement on its official Twitter account on Monday. The move follows the kingdom’s decision to freeze new trade and investment with Canada, after Ottawa urged Riyadh to free arrested rights…
The first Ultra Long Range Airbus A350 XWB to be delivered to launch customer Singapore Airlines has rolled out of the paintshop in the carrier’s distinctive livery. Now at an advanced stage of production, the aircraft will undergo further testing before being delivered to the airline in the coming months. Singapore Airlines has ordered seven A350-900 Ultra Long…
A safety report into the disappearance of flight MH370 has concluded that the plane was manually turned around mid-air, rather than being under the control of autopilot, and that “unlawful interference by a third party” could not be ruled out. It also disproved theories that had suggested the pilot and first officer brought the plane…
ABC News Australia has done a profile piece on a young Australian pilot from the inner suburbs of Brisbane that is now flying for one of Australia’s biggest cattle and beef producers. 21 year old Olivia Magoffin studied aviation at Griffith University in the Australian state of Queensland. “I thought I was so out of…
JetBlue has come to the rescue after a jilted bridesmaid’s tweet went viral. Courtney Duffy tweeted an SOS to JetBlue after receiving an email asking her to relinquish her bridesmaids role after booking cross country flights, and asking her to send her outfit cross country so a fill-in bridesmaid could wear it. SOS @JetBlue! Booked…
Emirates has apologised after a disabled teenager and his family were forced off a flight from Dubai to France. The Kumar family has been offered a complimentary hotel stay while in transit and rebooked on another flight after the incident in which teenager Eli was forced to disembark because he has epilepsy, despite the fact…
