KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will bid farewell to its last Fokker 70 (F70) on 29 October 2017, after 20 years of faithful service. KLM Cityhopper is renewing its fleet, which will consist entirely of more economical Embraer 190s and 175s by the autumn of 2017. KLM Cityhopper is Europe’s largest regional carrier, operating approximately 100,000…
With a Government decision on airport expansion imminent, CEO of Birmingham Airport Paul Kehoe has today declared support for Gatwick Airport’s expansion plan. In a major intervention in the debate, Mr Kehoe said that a new Gatwick runway, when compared to the alternative Heathrow option, would lead to “greater competition and choice across the UK’s…
American Airlines is equipping a fleet of Boeing 737 MAX planes with in-flight WiFi other than Gogo’s. It has inked a deal with California-based company ViaSat, which also provides internet connection to some of Virgin America’s newest A320 planes. ViaSat promises an “at home” experience by providing you with a (12 Mbps) connection strong enough…
Several hundred activists CGT, opposed the El Khomri law blocked for over an hour on Tuesday road access to terminals 2E and 2F at Paris Roissy- Charles de Gaulle airport this morning.
An airport built with £250million from the ballooning foreign aid budget risks becoming a white elephant because it is too windy to land there safely, it was claimed yesterday. A royal opening at the airport on the remote island of St Helena has been postponed indefinitely after test flights raised safety concerns. The cliff-top landing…
#Paris security messed up & some boarded flight without going through security: now insane security protocol in #YYZ pic.twitter.com/E3aCGzdBkq — Sima Sahar Zerehi (@SimaSaharZerehi) June 3, 2016 All passengers on an Air Canada flight from Paris to Toronto were forced to be rescreened on the tarmac after arriving in Canada last Friday after more than…
All passengers had to deplane after a fire broke out outside an American Airlines flight at Sea-Tac Airport Monday morning. Sea-Tac Airport spokesman Perry Cooper said a ground start unit that is used to help start the engines caught fire at about 8:30 a.m. The starter hooks up to the aircraft externally, and when it…
We’re receiving reports of sonic boom over Northern Netherlands. The situation is stillunclear but it could be caused by the interception of a Boeing 737 to Sweden. 2 F16 jet fighters took off from Netherlands. The sonic boom was heard at 15:30 local time. According to Defence the noise was caused by two F-16 who…
Turkish authorities have sunk an A300 Airbus jet off the Aegean coast with the aim of attracting more diving tourists to the region. The plane was put to the bottom of the sea off the resort of Kuşadası, in Aydin province, 50 miles south of Izmir. The sinking of the plane, which is 54 metres…
On June 4th, Waterford Airport announced that VLM Airlines are to cease their Waterford-London Luton Service on June 16th. This is a huge blow for the airport as it is the only commercial service that is operated into Waterford, as Flybe dropped out a while ago. The airport has been advised that VLM flights on the…
Air France’s pilot unions have called on members to strike during the first week of the Euro 2016 soccer championship in a protest over pay, although the airline’s chief executive said fans could just drive or take the train. The unions said in a joint statement they planned to strike from June 11 until June…
Air Canada’s inaugural flight AC35, 787 Dreamliner service from Vancouver arrived in Brisbane Friday morning (3rd June 2016), marking the only non-stop service linking Canada and Queensland, Australia’s ‘Sunshine State’. These new flights between Vancouver and Brisbane ramp up to daily service on June 17, 2016. “We are delighted to launch the only non-stop, year-round…
