Zaventem airport in Brussels is expected to reopen this evening as emergency repairs are completed. The airport has been closed since March 22nd when two suicide bombers detonated explosives in the departures hall. The airport is expected to operate at around 20 per cent of capacity when it reopens.
On March 30th, Qatar Airways’ first inaugural service from Doha-Birmingham took place. This mark’s Qatar Airways’ 4th destination within the UK adding to UK flights from Edinburgh, Manchester & London Heathrow. This service will take place 8x per week with their Boeing B787-8 Dreamliner, marking nearly 75 flights per week outside of the UK alone…
Kenya Airways have announced that further cuts will be made to the airline. Earlier, last week, they announced that they were degrading their fleet numbers from 52 aircraft down to 36 aircraft. This week however, they have announced that 600 jobs are to be “retrenched” or “redeployed”, hinting at job cuts. The Kenya Airways CEO…
Lufthansa has received a second A320neo from Airbus. The aircraft, with the registration D-AINB, flew last night to its future base airport, Frankfurt am Main. The first scheduled commercial flight is planned for today and will fly as LH072 to Dusseldorf, making Dusseldorf another destination for the A320neo together with Hamburg, Berlin and Munich.
Garuda Indonesia (GA/GIA) launched their Jakarta (CGK/WIII) – London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) Service on 31st March 2016 from Jakarta to Heathrow’s Terminal 3. The flight landed at 19:48GMT, 53 minutes behind schedule. Garuda Indonesia operate this route with their Boeing B777-300ER Aircraft. The first flight today was flown by PK-GIF from Singapore. The outbound flight will route…
Al Maktoum Airport in Dubai is set to be completed in 2025. The first phase of the airport is set to be completed in 2017. However, over the next 10 years, they aim to break a very significant record within the aviation industry. Passenger numbers. Construction firms working on this airport as well as management…
The aircraft maker said it should be able to achieve the job reductions, equal to about 2% of its worldwide staff, through normal attrition, voluntary buyouts and leaving open positions unfilled. “We’ll only use involuntary layoffs as a last resort,” said spokesman Doug Adler. Last month the company announced a plan to save money by…
A major airport in Sweden has been evacuated after reports of a controlled explosion and two suspicious packages being found. Landvetter Airport reportedly received a bomb threat earlier on today. ALERT https://t.co/1jjhY4y8Qk Domestic flights area at Landvetter Airport in Sweden evacuated due to suspicious package – SVT — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) March 31, 2016 Swedish media…
Irish Low-Cost Carrier Ryanair have announced plans to expand their winter schedule for this year with a brand new route from Liverpool to Sofia, Bulgaria. The service will run 2x per week using their Boeing B737-800 aircraft. The service is due to start on 31st October 2016 when the winter schedule starts and will operate…
A fashion stylist has been banned from flying with British Airways after a mid-flight argument over her getting up to “stretch her legs,” Bridget Nhire from Uxbridge has said BA over-reacted after a minor argument on a flight from Heathrow to Dubai. The 33-year-old said the dispute started after a fellow passenger complained she was…
Facebook’s popular chat app Messenger has signed on its first airline, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, as the social network aims to turn the app into a one-stop shop for commerce, transportation, customer service, and more. KLM flyers will be able to automatically receive itineraries, flight updates, check-in notifications, boarding passes, rebook flights, and communicate with…
Virgin Atlantic have announced 2 brand new routes from Manchester to San Fransisco and Boston. This route is to be operated in accordance of agreements with Delta Airlines. The SFO Route will operate 3 times per week initially and the BOS Route will operate 2 times per week. Both routes are scheduled to start in…
