All of United Airlines’ domestic flights were grounded for more than two hours Sunday night because of a computer outage, the Federal Aviation Administration said. International flights weren’t affected by the ground stop, which the FAA said was issued at United’s request. A ground stop is in place for domestic flights due to an IT…
A 20-year-old man, who has been arrested for allegedly falsely claiming he found a letter in an airplane bathroom that indicated a bomb was on United Airlines flight, faces a potential penalty of 10 years in federal prison and $250,000 fine. During a flight from San Diego to Denver, Korth allegedly claimed to have found in the…
Air India has announced plans to reserve six seats in each aeroplane for female passengers. The state-run airline revealed the move was an attempt to preserve the safety of women travelling alone. All of the seats in row three on Air India planes will now only be allocated to women. The airline will also keep…
An EasyJet flight from London (LGW) was forced to land in Malaga after encountering severe turbulance on Tuesday. Flight EZY5163 departed London at 7:30am GMT headed for Almería for a scheduled arrival time of 11:15am local time. One passenger tweeted to airlive.net “Loud bang from below when we were bouncing around.” “Severe turbulence over the…
The underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH370 has been suspended nearly three years after the plane vanished without a trace over the Indian Ocean, according to a joint statement from Chinese, Australian and Malaysian officials. The three countries had been leading the search for #MH370, which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing…
An Associated Press analysis of bird-killing programs at the New York City area’s three major airports found that nearly 70,000 gulls, starling, geese and other birds have been slaughtered, mostly by shooting and trapping since the ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009. It is not clear whether those killings have made the skies…
A Qantas plane flown from Toowoomba blew two tyres when it landed at Sydney Airport on Sunday evening Qantas flight QF2123 was operated by a Bombardier Dash 8 with registration VH-QOV when it blew two tyres upon landing runway 16L. The runway was closed down for over an hour as engineers cleared the runway of…
United Airlines is accelerating the retirement of its Boeing 747 jumbo jets, saying its last flight on the “Queen of the Skies” will now come this year. Previously, United said its 747s would be phased out by the end of 2018.
JetBlue has finally made good on that promise to provide free WiFi on every flight. The airline announced today that every jet in its fleet is now equipped with JetBlue’s Fly-Fi broadband, offering “gate-to-gate” high speed internet you can use even before the flight reaches cruising altitude. Fly-Fi debuted in 2013 and JetBlue claims speeds…
International Airlines Group carried more than 100 million passengers in 2016, a record for the group. In total, Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia and Vueling carried 100,675,056 passengers which was up by 14 per cent compared to 2015. via Breaking Travel News
