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…
A routine flight bound for Los Angeles was grounded for 8 hours after the engines sustained damage. Qantas flight QFA93 from Melbourne, Australia to Los Angeles was grounded on Tuesday morning after the one of the Airbus A380’s engine ingested birds. QF93 MEL-LAX delayed for 8 hours due to birds getting into engine. Damn birds.…
Hamad International Airport has seen the launch of Google’s 360-degree street view imagery of Qatar’s airport as part of its digital strategy. You can also do shopping 😉
Etihad Flight College, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has taken delivery of the first of four Embraer Phenom 100E. Etihad Flight College will be the first flight school in the world to use the Phenom 100E in the initial phase of flying training. The aircraft arrived…
Ryanair has called again on the European Commission to take action to prevent the skies over Europe being closed once more by French air traffic controllers’ union strikes, targeting the European Championships. Ryanair has been forced to cancel 44 flights on Tuesday, to/from and over France, in what will be the 50th French strike since…
Air Canada’s inaugural flight AC1940, from Vancouver departed Friday afternoon (June 10th), marking the only non-stop service linking Vancouver and Ireland. Air Canada Rouge brings their hallmark customer service excellence to these seasonal flights between Vancouver and the Irish capital city, which operate three times weekly until October 8 with Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. “We are…
Scandinavian airlines says its flights operated by swedish pilots are being canceled due to a strike. Nearly 160 flights and 20000 passengers are affected this Saturday. The Stockholm based subsidiary says that routes with pilots from other nationalities than Sweden are not affected. The Swedish Pilots’ Union demand a 3.5 percent increase in salary while…
BA9238 and BA9239 – Airbus A320 G-EUUM operated from Heathrow to Bastia, France BA9136 and BA9137 – Airbus A320 G-EUUV operated from Heathrow to Izmir, Turkey BA9232 and BA9233 – Airbus A321 G-EUXF operated from Heathrow to Rhodes, Greece BA9216 and BA9217 – Airbus A320 G-EUYH operated from Heathrow to Cagliari, Italy BA9218 and BA9219 –…
