Dubai International Airport, the world largest airport, received 7.85 million passengers in March, a 4.5 per cent increase from the same period in 2017, boosted by the Easter holidays, operator Dubai Airports said. In total for the first quarter passenger arrivals climbed to just over 22.74 million, up 1.1 per cent, compared to the 22.49…
Nearly 80,000 square kilometres have been searched since January without finding any sign of the wreckage as the latest search enters its final days. The search enters its final phase this week, more than four years after the jet went down. This comes despite earlier hopes that a 25,000-square-kilometre area most likely to contain the…
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce announced in the airline’s quarterly update that it’s Boeing 747s will fly for the last time in 2020. The airline had previously planned to phase out all Jumbos out by 2022 or 2023. Currently Qantas has 10 747-400 aircraft left in it’s fleet, and is the only Australian airline that flys…
Tigerair passengers are being warned of possible industrial action by pilots between 4 May and 6 May. The Australian Federation of Air Pilots and the Virgin Independent Pilots Association represent 80% of Tigerair pilots. The 2 unions say the protected industrial action will take place unless there is a breakthrough in pay negotiations that have…
President Trump welcomed the crew of Southwest Flight 1380 to the White House on Tuesday. Sitting in the Oval Office, President Trump greeted Southwest pilot Captain Tammie Jo Shults, who safely landed flight #WN1380. He noted that Shults is “one of the first women ever to fly tactical fighter aircraft in the United States Navy.”…
The Airports Commission is proposing a six and a half hour total ban on flights at Heathrow, that the International Air Transport Association (Iata) fears would hamper air cargo, which increasingly relies on overnight delivery, and reduce connecting flights of use to business passengers. At present overnight flights are allowed, but subject to a strict…
Emirates is reducing the number of aircraft in its fleet due to various factors like lower demand, pilot walkouts, weak loads etc. The airline is facing dip in demand, but they are also facing severe pilot shortage as it was reported in media that pilots are leaving the airline in the hundreds. Earlier last month…
A mother is asking why her son was able to fly from Sydney to Bali by himself without permission. After going to Bali for holidays every year, Emma’s son, Drew asked if he could go to the Indonesian island. (Both names are pseudonyms). When he was told no, he went online and researched which airlines…
Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority said Thursday that sandstorms, dust and unsettled weather have not affected flights from and to Kuwait International Airport. In a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), the head of the Civil Aviation Authority Emad Al-Sanousi said that only two flights were affected by dust and low visibility. A Kuwaiti health official…
In October, Airbus announced the acquisition of Bombardier’s next-generation C Series airliner. Now, it looks like Airbus is thinking about renaming its new jet. The Bombardier C Series may soon be renamed the A200-family, sources told Bloomberg‘s Benjamin D Katz and Frederic Tomesco. More specifically, the CS100 and CS300 would be redesignated the A210 and…
Belgian start-up carrier Air Belgium has informed passengers that the originally planned launch date (30th April) has slipped to June 3rd, thus delaying the launch by over a month. In a mail sent out to customers the carrier excused the delay with two reasons, one being the fact that so far Russia has not granted…
An unruly passenger was shot with a stun gun, arrested and forcibly removed from a American Airlines Miami-to-Chicago flight Sunday evening in an incident. A witness shot the dramatic video aboard the Miami-to-Chicago American Airlines flight Sunday night. American Airlines says the man and another passenger got into an argument, and that’s when the crew…
