Worldwide IT glitch at British Airways check-in desks has been causing delays at Gatwick and Heathrow airports this weekend. The airline says the glitch has now been fixed – but delays are still ongoing. According to the messages the airline posted online, the system is now back up and running but there are still delays due to the…
Air Canada today is launching daily 787 Dreamliner service on its Vancouver-Newark route. The carrier’s 787 Dreamliners offer the choice of three cabins of service including its new Business Class – Transcontinental option. “We look forward to welcoming onboard customers travelling between the New York area and Vancouver, Air Canada’s Pacific hub, and experiencing our…
To accomodate the greater amount of passengers flowing through Gothenburg Landvetter airport every day, month and year plans are now ready for an expansion of the airport. An investment nearing 1.9 billion Swedish Crowns is needed to put the plans into reality. The airport has grown steadily since the last 20 years with a bigger growth…
The arrival of flight AC828 at Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport this morning marks the successful launch of non-stop service between Montreal and Lyon, the only year-round non-stop service between North America and Lyon. Flights will operate five times weekly during the summer and four times weekly during the winter with a Boeing 767-300ER featuring 24 International Business…
The European Unions has lifted most of its restrictions on Iran Air as part of the latest changes to the bloc’s list of unsafe carriers. The EU also removed Air Madagascar, Citilink, Lion Air & Batik Air as well as all airlines from Zambia. Iran Air will be allowed to operate flights with the exemption…
Police called to deal with group of 20 British men on a stag do where they are said to have ‘trashed plane’ and ‘left passengers terrified’. Officers waiting at Las Vegs airport for the group, who had been travelling on a Thomas Cook flight from Manchester More
Thomson Airways flight has been forced to divert to Gatwick after being hit by lightning. The 737 was flying from Manchester to Morocco when it was forced to make an emergency landing after being hit by a bolt of lightning at 6:42 last night. It had been an hour into the flight when they made…
Vietnam Airlines has confirmed that it will commence the operation of daily non-stop services between Heathrow and Vietnam from June 23rd, 2016, adding a new Thursday flight to Hanoi to its existing six flights per week schedule. Offering three flights per week to Ho Chi Minh City and four flights to Hanoi, Vietnam Airlines’ increased…
Low-cost airline Norwegian continues its UK expansion this week with the launch of its newest route from Edinburgh to the cosmopolitan city of Barcelona with fares from £34.90. From 15 June, Norwegian’s brand new twice weekly flights to Barcelona take off, departing on Wednesdays and Saturdays offering passengers an ideal schedule for a short summer…
A Fiji Airways flight that couldn’t retract it’s landing gear as been forced to return to Auckland. Fiji airways flight FJ410 Auckland to Nadi was operated by a Boeing 737 as it departed at 2:22pm. The pilot’s spent several hours circling to burn fuel to ensure the aircraft was within safe landing weights. According to…
