Passengers were forcibly subjected to body examinations after the discovery of a premature baby abandoned in the toilets at the airport in the Qatari capital, Doha, according to press reports confirmed by AFP. Doha International Airport reported that “medical staff had expressed concerns to airport officials about the health and well-being of a mother who…
Iraqi Airways will resume flights to European Union and UK in December 2020. The airline will resume flight to Denmark, Germany and UK using a Boeing 737-800 wet-leased from Slovakian carrier Air Explore. Iraqi Airways signed a contract with Air Explore to launch four flights from Germany, one to Copenhagen Kastrup, and another from London…
International Airlines Group (IAG) has reported a huge loss for the third quarter and confirmed it will make further capacity cuts for the rest of the year. Total revenue at the group – which owns British Airways, Aer Lingus and Iberia – declined by 83 per cent to €1.2 billion over the past three months,…
This evening, the last KLM Boeing 747 flight will land at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport from Shanghai. KLM will say goodbye to the Boeing 747-400 on Sunday. It will land at Schiphol for the last time in the KLM colors, a spokesperson for the airline said. KLM announced in March of this year that it would…
Qatar Airways confirmed that it had taken delivery of three Airbus A350-1000s on Thursday. However, the aircraft did not travel directly from Toulouse, France to Hamad International Airport, Doha. These A350s until heading east slightly south of London and towards Doha, they followed a little side trip through the English Channel. These three brand new…
In a freak incident, allegedly drunk Russian soldiers rammed an infantry fighting vehicle in a concrete wall. In the viral video, a BMP-3 infantry vehicle can be seen approaching a wall topped with barbed wires at the Volgograd International Airport in the southwestern region of Russia and rams through it crossing the divide. According to…
Aviation experts probing the mystery of flight MH370 have identified a probable crash site that they say warrants a new search of the ocean floor. They believe the Malaysia Airlines jet flew 2,700 miles past Indonesia before crashing into the South Indian Ocean near to the coordinates of S34.2342 and E93.7875. Victor Iannello, who assisted…
A British Airways 747 departed for Dunsfold Aerodrome where it will begin its new life as a TV and film set. The aircraft, registration G-CIVW, departed from Cardiff Airport at 1.30pm as flight number BA1978E, landed in to Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey at 2.15pm. It will be handed over to the airport which will preserve…
Singapore Airlines will return to New York when it launches non-stop flights between Singapore Changi and New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport on 9th November later this year. SQ24 from Singapore Changi Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport will last 18 hours and 5 minutes, whereas the return leg will last 18 hours and…
Qatar Airways does not expect to return its Airbus A380 superjumbos for at least the next two years, the state-owned airlines chief executive Akbar Al Baker said this week. In an interview for FlightGlobal’s Airlines 2050 event, Baker said: “I don’t think that the A380 will get back into the skies in the short term.…
A US Investigation conducted by the FBI, Customs and Border Protection, and other agencies have found Aeroflot Airlines employees involved in smuggling of $50 million worth of electronic goods into Russia. The Department of State revoked visas of 113 Aeroflot employees involved in the multi-million dollar smuggling. It was reported that the majority of the…
Cathay Pacific has agreed to scale back planned job cuts by 25 per cent to around 6,000 globally, and will axe its Cathay Dragon sister airline brand, according to multiple sources. Hong Kong’s flagship carrier was eyeing global lay-offs of up to 8,000, but has now reduced the number to about 18 per cent of…
