Manchester Airport is moving all its operations into Terminal One from November 11 until further notice, as England returns to a national lockdown from Thursday, November 5th. Manchester Airport will temporarily shut down Terminal Three in response to the drop in passenger numbers. From November 11 all passengers will depart and arrive from Terminal One…
All Nippon Airways have announced that they now intend to retire 35 aircraft from their fleet in 2020 as a result of the COVID pandemic. This is up from 7 announced earlier in the year. The early retirement plans include 22 Boeing 777’s and at least 6 Boeing 777-300ER’s that fly internationally to destinations such…
Due to the second national lockdown, foreign holidays are currently banned. However, Heathrow Airport remains open. This is because overseas travel is still allowed, but only for essential work purposes. The new restrictions mean the airport is still affected significantly, and is no way near as busy as what it usually is at this time…
Berlin’s Tegel airport will close to flights this weekend, with Air France set to operate the final departure from the airport on Sunday November 8. Air France was the inaugural carrier into Tegel back in 1960, and the airline has now confirmed that its flight AF1235 to Paris CDG will be the final service from…
Iberia has completed the conversion of its first Airbus A330 into freighter, removing the economy and premium economy seats. In addition to economy and premium economy seats, the Spanish flag carrier has also removed the crew rest and the bulkhead panels from the Airbus A330-300. The ‘Preighter’ will fly between Madrid and Los Angeles four…
Police pursued a vehicle at Van Nuys Airport. The vehicle appeared to driving erratically on the airport’s runway, 16461 Sherman Way. Video from Sky 2 showed the driver defiantly raising hands through windows and the sunroof. It’s not known what the driver is wanted for. The pursuit ended at 9 a.m. at Woodley and Saticoy.
Virgin Atlantic is cancelling flights during England’s second lockdown. The cancellations will start from Sunday 8th November and are expected to last until the 2nd December, when lockdown is due to end. During the pandemic, Virgin Atlantic has been operating flights out of London Heathrow only. A spokesperson for the airline told that the carrier…
British Airways has said that it will reduce its operations in November due to the new lockdown in England, announced earlier this week. The British flag carrier will ground more aircraft and will also furlough many more staff due to this new lockdown. In addition, the airline will also suspend all flights from London Gatwick.…
Anticipating Joe Biden to be declared winner, Secret Service and the FAA have increased the level of security for airspace around Biden’s home, with a “VIP” TFR (temporary flight restriction) being declared. New restricted “national defense airspace” has been put in place over Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware. The Federal Aviation Administration…
Captain Suzy Garrett and her first-officer daughter, Donna, are the first mother-daughter pair in history to pilot a commercial Skywest Airlines flight together. The duo recently made history as the first mother-daughter pair to pilot a commercial SkyWest Airlines flight together. The entire Garrett family is a family of pilots; Both parents as well as…
While other countries are struggling to even retrieve half of the traffic prior to COVID19 Chinese domestic flights are now running at the same level as before coronavirus crisis. The number of domestic Chinese flights in October topped last year’s levels with passenger numbers indicating the local aviation sector is now a full recovery from the…
Lufthansa has started sending its Boeing 747s to Mojave desert for retirement. One of the Boeing 747s stored in Twente, Netherlands left the Dutch airport and flew to Frankfurt yesterday. The Boeing 747 with registration D-ABVP is the first aircraft to be taken out of service. The aircraft flew to Frankfurt as it had to…
