Emirates has announced it will resume non-stop services to Seattle (from 1st February), Dallas and San Francisco (from 2nd March). The addition of these three destinations will take Emirates’ North American network to 10 destinations following the resumption of services to Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York JFK, Toronto and Washington DC. Flights to/from…
With four women pilots, Air India’s longest direct route flight landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco, flying over the North Pole and covering a distance of about 16,000 kilometres. The flight number AI176 left San Francisco on Saturday at 8.30 PM (local time) and arrived at 3.45 AM on Monday. The…
A new study shows how Covid-19 spread on an 18-hour flight from Dubai to Auckland, eventually infecting four people on-board. On September 28, Emirates Airlines flight 448 departed Dubai for Auckland with 86 passengers on board and a full complement of aircrew. The researchers say, at least four people were infected on the 18-hour flight…
Australia’s National Cabinet – consisting of the Prime Minister and all State and Territory leaders – today announced some changes to coronavirus restrictions and flights. From next week all passengers on all international flights to and from Australia, and all domestic flights will be required to wear masks while in their departure airport, during their…
Amsterdam Airport Schipol’s Polderbaan Runway (18R-36L) and its surrounding taxiways will undergo major maintenance from 25 January to 26 April. An area of 600,000 square metres is being renovated, and during this 150,000 tons of asphalt will be supplied and processed for the maintenance. Besides, 70 kilometres of cable will be installed, and 2,100 runway…
DOJ fines Boeing over $2.5 billion, charges it with fraud conspiracy over 737 Max crashes. The Department of Justice on Thursday said Boeing agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion to resolve criminal charges stemming from crashes of its best-selling 737 Max airplanes. “The tragic crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight…
A Spirit Airlines passenger has been charged with felony assault and harassment for punching a woman, allegedly because the woman’s children didn’t stop kicking the back of her seat. Daydrena Jaslin Walker-Wiliams was arrested at Portland International Airport. She pulled her luggage from an overhead bin and then punched Nataly Hernandez 2 to 3 times…
Amazon has bought 11 Boeing 767-300s from Delta Airlines and WestJet to expand its air freight network when the aircraft prices have dropped due to the pandemic. According to Amazon, the four WestJet planes will join Amazon Air fleet this year, while the seven Delta planes will be added after conversion in 2022. Amazon first…
Europe’s largest low-cost airline Ryanair slashed its annual traffic forecast by around five million passengers, describing the latest Covid-19 lockdown restrictions imposed by the UK and Irish governments as “draconian.” Amid the rapid spread of the highly contagious new variant of Covid-19, the carrier said it would operate “few, if any” flights in the region…
On Monday, Taiwan’s China Airlines has announced that it will be operating a Boeing 747-400 farewell flight in February. However, the airline did not disclose an exact date for the retirement of its remaining four 747-400s. The farewell flight will also include an exclusive ground tour and a flight over Japan’s Mount Fuji. It will…
Trump supporters heckle Romney, chanting ‘traitor’ on flight to D.C. Under dimmed cabin lights on a flight from Salt Lake City on Tuesday, a woman bellowed a rallying cry to a group of Trump supporters headed to D.C. to rally behind the president, urging them to tell fellow passenger Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) “what we…
