On Saturday, Qantas inaugurated a new route from Melbourne to San Francisco on the aircraft, as well as replaced its iconic Boeing 747-400 aircraft on the Brisbane to New York route via Los Angeles with the Dreamliner. This is the first time that San Francisco is receiving non-stop service from the Southern Australia city of…
According to the HSBC survey, which asked more than 5,000 travelers across the globe about their flight experiences and the onboard connections they’ve made, one in every 50 travelers has met the love of their life on a plane. The survey was conducted in July 2018 and includes responses from travelers across 141 different countries.…
The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the final assembly line (FAL) in Toulouse. The aircraft has now been moved to an outside station where various ground tests will be undertaken in preparation for first flight in the coming weeks. The aircraft will then be transferred to the Airbus facilities…
A man is in custody Monday after he scaled a fence at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and ran onto a runway, police said. The incident happened just before 1:30 p.m. local time. The man was seen running near a Delta Air Lines plane, where airport police apprehended him. LAX is the world’s fifth…
If you look up at a late Friday morning, you’re likely to see a private jet or two. Friday at 11:00 am is the most popular takeoff time for private planes, according to PrivateFly’s recent research. The private jet booking platform reveals that an average of 525 private jets took off last Friday in Europe. These results are…
The low-cost carrier has said non-priority passengers will no longer be permitted to take a small suitcase on its planes for free. Charges for a ten-kilogram case will be introduced in November. The earlier has seen passengers allowed to hand in their smaller cases for loading in the hold for free at the boarding gate.…
First responders are on scene at Anoka County-Blaine Airport after a plane crash, according to Philip Tiedeman, a manager at the airport. No other details are available at this time.
British Airways says it will end its direct flights to Iran’s capital in September as “the operation is currently not commercially viable.” The decision announced Thursday comes after President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers and began restoring U.S. sanctions. British Airways says its last flight to Tehran will…
A retiring pilot has gone viral online after breaking down in tears during a farewell speech on his last ever flight. Captain Rizalino ‘Totoy’ Irizani piloted his last Cebu Pacific flight from Davao to Cebu City in the Philippines on August 18. But before taking off, he came out of the Airbus A320 cockpit…
United Airlines plans to start charging passengers to reserve select seats near the front of the plane, a practice already in place at rivals American and Delta. United said it will implement the change later this year but did not provide specifics beyond that, including pricing. The seats for sale will be just behind its Economy…
Europe’s largest discount airline says “a tiny number” of checks were issued without a signature because of an administrative error. Ryanair says new checks have been sent to customers along with a letter of explanation. Ryanair says the problem involved 190 compensation checks out of some 20,000 issued in July. The company says “we apologize…
Finnair confirmed that a pilot who reported for work intoxicated on Wednesday at Helsinki Airport was one of its employees. According to MTV news, which first reported the story, the pilot had a blood alcohol concentration level of 1.5 on alcohol test. However the airplane was not ready for departure and the captain was not…
