A passenger travelling on a Jet Airways flight from Delhi to Doha succumbed to serious illness on Tuesday, despite the flight being diverted to Karachi following the medical emergency. As the passenger reported sick during the flight, the airline decided to go in for an emergency landing around 2 a.m. in Karachi. “Our flight 9W202…
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are invesigating several cases where unathorised transmissions were broadcasted on Air Traffic Control frequencies. There have been a total of 15 cases of these malicous transmissions at Melbourne, Avalon & Hobart in Australia. “Airservices said at no time was safety jeopardised as a result of these calls, and Airservices is…
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The world’s shortest flight, a tiny hop between two remote British islands, celebrated Monday taking its millionth passenger on the route. The 2.7km (1.7-mile) flight between Westray and Papa Westray in the Orkney islands, off mainland Scotland’s northeast coast, holds the Guinness World Record as the shortest scheduled service.The flight, in an eight-seater Britten Norman…
British Airways has suspended a pilot after pictures emerged of a man in stockings appearing to pleasure himself at the controls. Although father-of-one Colin Glover denies he is the person in the photos, the airline that has employed him for 26 years has seen fit to temporarily relieve him of his duties. The snaps reveal…
Airbus expects to sell around 670 aircraft this year, matching its planned deliveries, Mark Pearman-Wright, head of leasing and investor marketing, told the Airline Economics conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Airbus Group officially targets more than 650 commercial deliveries, but the company’s finance director last week told analysts that it actually would deliver more…
Emirates has announced what it says will be the world’s shortest scheduled A380 flight between Dubai and Doha, a distance of just 379km. The Gulf carrier will roster the superjumbo onto one of its nine daily frequencies on the route from December 1. The flight departs Dubai at 0745, arriving into Doha at 0805, with…
The FAAM (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements) are having a big open day even free candy, pencils, pens… and a small fixed simulator a long with free visit on the Concord. There is also a free visit onto the apron to see the FAAM aircraft and go on board that but you must book that.
Seven million passengers per month is fast becoming the norm at Dubai International after September’s numbers eclipsed that total for the sixth time in nine months, according to the monthly traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports. Passenger traffic at DXB passengers reached 7,094,738 compared to 6,432,654 recorded in the corresponding month last year,…
