The photo of Valerie Kybad, a porn actress, in underwears on a RAM flight has created a wave of controversy in Morocco. Morocco’s state-owned carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has issued a statement to apologize to its customers after an indecent photo taken on one of the airline’s flights circulated on social media. The photo,…
Thousands of passengers are facing cancellations and delays on Sunday after a systems failure affecting all terminals at London Heathrow airport. Departing passengers on social media reported “pandemonium” with information screens unavailable, while arriving travellers were stuck on planes or waiting in the terminal for baggage. Heathrow is the busiest airport in Europe. The failure…
The U.S. government on Friday said it would increase tariffs on aircraft imported from the European Union to 15% from 10%, ratcheting up pressure on Brussels in a nearly 16-year transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies. European planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA) said the U.S. move would hit U.S. airlines already facing a shortage of aircraft and complicate…
The A330-800 has received joint Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The aircraft’s certification flight-test campaign was successfully performed by aircraft MSN1888, which completed the programme in 370 flight test hours and 132 flights since its first flight in November 2018. The A330-800, part of a…
A woman who tried to open a passenger plane door mid-flight, prompting two fighter jets to be scrambled, has been jailed for two years. Chloe Haines, 26, from High Wycombe, scratched a crew member as she lunged at the door shouting “I’m going to kill you all,” the court heard. Two RAF fighter jets rushed…
The Turkish carrier AtlasGlobal filed for bankruptcy and halted all flight operations after two periods of flight suspensions in the last three months. The airline was facing financial difficulties since November 2019, when the airline had to stop its operations but resumed flights to Antalya, London, Baghdad, Tel-Aviv, Tehran and Amsterdam on December 2019. Atlasglobal…
On Tuesday, Mr Johnson was making a statement on the government’s decision to proceed with the HS2 project when he was challenged about Heathrow. Munira Wilson, Liberal Democrat MP for the southwest London constituency of Twickenham, asked the PM if he would “prove his credential on climate change, make good on his promise of lying down in…
Shareholders’ meeting of Air Italy (Alisarda and Qatar Airways through AQA Holding spa) decided the “liquidazione in bonis” of the company. From 11 to 25 February 2020 inclusive, all Air Italy flights will be operated by other carriers at the times and on the days previously scheduled; all passengers who booked flights (outward or return)…
A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Bangkok QR830 made an emergency landing at Kolkata, India around 3 am on February 4, 2020. A pregnant passenger, identified as Phromkasikorn Wassana from Thailand, went into labour mid-flight. Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Bangkok #QR830 made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport. The pilot of Qatar…
A British Airways plane has set a new record for the fastest New York to London flight thanks to an extremely powerful jet stream. The plane touched down at London Heathrow 4 hours and 56 minutes after taking off from New York’s JFK Airport. A jet stream exceeding 250mph acted to accelerate the flight as…
Severe weather warnings have been issued for the weekend, with strong winds of up to 80mph and widespread heavy rain expected. Heathrow Airport announced it had taken the joint decision with its airline partners to “consolidate” Sunday’s flight schedule in a bid to minimise the number of flights cancelled. Watch London Heathrow Airport live: cam.airlive.net/lhr…
