NEWS Ryanair Boeing 737-700 with 60 business-class seats now available for private charter
BUSINESS TRAVEL! Customised Ryanair Boeing 737-700 jet now available for private charter! Book your business travel HERE: http://buff.ly/1QGshqx
NEWS Amazon delivery to lease 20 767 cargo planes from Air Transport Services Group
Ohio-based aviation holding company Air Transport Services Group has confirmed it has a deal with Amazon and will wet-lease twenty B767 freighters for use in its US distribution network. The aircraft will operate for Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., on five year contracts with the leases to last between five and seven years. Until now, Amazon had…
PHOTO Total solar eclipse seen from Alaska Airlines Flight 870
Now that's a view of the #Eclipse2016 from flight #870. Photo: Anchorage flight attendants Rachael C. & Sofia S. pic.twitter.com/Sa6qOUysRu — Alaska Airlines (@AlaskaAir) March 9, 2016
BREAKING A baby was hidden in hand luggage on board Air France #AF1891
A passenger found out that a woman was hiding a baby in her hand luggage on board Air France flight. A passenger of flight Air France #AF1891 from Istanbul to Paris CDG was shocked after finding out a woman was carrying a baby son in her hand luggage Monday night, Planet.fr reports. The bag belonged to…
NEWS A survey of 718 British air stewards shows 14% had sex with passengers
A survey of 718 British air stewards aged 18 and over who are currently in the job or have been in the past five years found that 89 per cent said they had broken airline rules during a flight. When they were asked what rules they had broken, 21% said they had “indulged in sexual relations…
NEWS Man Arrested After Having Sex with 16-year-old Girl on Delta Flight
A 27-year-old man has been accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl in the bathroom of an airplane on a domestic flight, officials said. A 27 year old MBA student from Tempe, Arizona, was arrested Monday after his Delta flight touched down at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC). Salt Lake County Sheriff’s office said…
NEWS Thomas Cook cancels summer departures to Sharm el Sheikh
Thomas Cook has cancelled all departures to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh until at least October 31st. The tour operator had previously said the security situation in the Red Sea resort would see all holidays cancelled or postponed until May 25th. However, with no change to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office advice with…
NEWS Search for #MH370 will end by July
If the hunt for MH370 doesn’t turn up anything over the next few months, the head of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says the search of a 46,000-square-mile swath of the Indian Ocean will likely be called off by July, NBC News reports. Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan says the Malaysian, Chinese, and Australian governments, who…
NEWS easyJet launches low-cost flights from Luton to Dubrovnik
easyJet has today announced it will launch a new route to Dubrovnik from London Luton Airport. On sale today it will operate twice a week throughout the summer with the first flights commencing on May 24th, 2016. The route is expected to be popular amongst leisure passengers searching for summer sun and easyJet is expected…
NEWS Boeing’s Self-Cleaning Airplane Bathroom Kills Nearly All Germs
In a new lavatory prototype, the plane manufacturer automatically sanitizes lavatories after each use by employing ultraviolet light to kill 99.99 percent of germs, and disinfecting all surfaces in a mere three seconds. According to Boeing, the cleaning system would lift and close the toilet seat by itself so that all surfaces are exposed during…
NEWS Aviation Authorities Investigating Light Plane Crash Near Mareeba
Investigations are being carried out after an engine failure caused a plane crash in Mareebe on Saturday. Emergency services were called to the Chettle Rd scene in early afternoon, where a pilot crash landed his light aircraft. The aircraft is believed to be a Piper Aircraft registered VH-BIQ owned by ROBERTSON, Kaye Lenita according to…
NEWS Man breaches Heathrow security, boards British Airways empty 747 & locks himself in cockpit
38 year old man held by police tonight after major security alert at Heathrow. Arrest comes as intruder breaks through Heathrow security, climbed aboard BA 747 and then locks himself in the cockpit. Police called at 11:30 on Saturday and told that a person had breached security on Heathrows Perimeter Road and entered BA’s engineering…
