Irish air traffic controllers, working with their counterparts in the UK, have implemented an advanced system which significantly reduces delays for aircraft and passengers travelling into London Heathrow, Europe’s busiest hub airport. The significant enhancement to the existing ‘XMAN’ (Cross-Border Arrival Management) initiative will reduce the length of time that aircraft hold at Heathrow, delivering…
An airline pilot who was so drunk he appeared to pass out in the cockpit before takeoff has been sentenced to 8 months in jail. Miroslav Gronych, 37, pleaded guilty last month to having care and control of an aircraft while he had a blood alcohol level that was three times the legal limit. Gronych was…
After more than 30 years of service, Air New Zealand has made the decision to retire Boeing 767s from their fleet in favour of bigger and more fuel-efficient options. The 230-seat aircraft’s pending retirement was announced last August by the airline, and will be replaced by Airbus A320s and Boeing 777 and 787-9s. Its final…
Never-seen photographs from the Sep 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon released by the FBI this week show the massive devastation that faced first responders. Twenty-seven pictures from that day depict the crushed walls, blazing fires and eviscerated interiors of the seat of the US Department of Defence. The American Airlines jet that struck the…
A Scoot Boeing 787 Dreamliner and an Emirates Airbus A380 came into contact in the early hours of Thursday (March 30) at Singapore Changi Airport. A Scoot spokesman said flight #TZ188, bound for Tianjin, China, was taxiing before take-off when the accident happened at 1.40am. All 303 passengers and 11 crew are safe and they…
At least three TSA workers were hurt after being exposed to a food substance in what’s being described as a hazardous material incident at LaGuardia Airport. It happened just before 6 a.m. Wednesday at Terminal B. The three TSA workers were exposed to a food substance and were complaining of eye irritation near one of…
The runway of London Stansted Airport was closed during the night after protesters ran out to prevent a plane carrying eight deportees from taking off. The campaign groups End Deportations, Plane Stupid and activists from Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants said 14 activists had locked themselves to a tripod to stop a “mass deportation charter flight”…
Five Indian airlines have banned a member of the country’s parliament after he beat a 60-year-old Air India staff member with a shoe 25 times. The MP, Ravindra Gaikwad, was traveling from Pune to Delhi Friday and lost his temper when staff apparently refused to upgrade his seat to business class. The plane he was…
According to a new international survey, the Top 10 Airports have been revealed. The survey which consisted of 65,000 passenger reviews covering overall airport quality, waiting areas, shopping, and restaurants. The Top 10 Best Airports in The World 10. Dublin, Ireland (DUB) 9. Oslo Gardermoen, Norway (OSL) 8. Tel Aviv Ben Gurion, Israel (TLV) 7. Bangkok…
Bombardier capped a series of CS100 tests at London City Airport (LCY) with a nonstop transatlantic flight to New York JFK on March 25, demonstrating the range capability of the smallest CSeries airliner from the airport closest to central London. CS100 flight-test aircraft FTV2 completed eight flights from LCY over two days on Mach 22-23,…
A United Airlines gate agent barred two girls from boarding a flight Sunday morning because the girls were wearing leggings. Another girl who was wearing gray leggings had to change before she was allowed to board the flight from Denver to Minneapolis, a witness said. The airline’s passenger contract says for the safety of all passengers…
