SWISS has announced that its fleet would be reduced by 15%. The airline will retire five long haul aircraft, either Airbus A330s or A340s, along with 10 short-haul aircraft. The carrier also said that most of the short-haul aircraft planned for retirement would be those operated on wet leases from partner Helvetic Airways. In addition…
Santorini is among the most stunning travel destination in the world. The island is part of the Cyclades group of islands found in the renowned Aegean Sea. Considering the romantic sunsets and impeccable panoramas, it’s no surprise that the place features in the bucket list of the majority of travelers. The island is easily…
The woman was left feeling “uncomfortable” and “confused” when she felt a strange touch to the side of her breast. A woman has caught a fellow plane passenger allegedly groping her from behind shortly after boarding. The female passenger was travelling to California with her family on Spirit Airlines on Thursday (June 17) when the…
The largest airplane in the 737 MAX family begins comprehensive test program. Boeing’s 737-10, the largest airplane in the 737 MAX family, today completed a successful first flight. The airplane took off from Renton Field in Renton, Washington, at 10:07 a.m. and landed at 12:38 p.m. at Boeing Field in Seattle. “The airplane performed beautifully,”…
An Oklahoma pilot captured a tornado on camera midflight while flying between the cities of Minco and Tuttle last Saturday on June 13. David Evans, who caught the tornado, is a US pilot with about 30 years of experience took off from Wiley Post Airport and was flying his glider in the state of Oklahoma…
Russia will officially withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty on 18 December, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, adding that Moscow has notified the signatories of the agreement about its withdrawal. “Russia has notified all participating states of its decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty six months after the notification was sent. Thus,…
Lufthansa has planned to fly its Boeing 747-8 Jumbo Jets and Airbus A350s on short-haul Intra-EU routes to Palma De Mallorca this summer, in response to a huge surge in bookings. The airline said that bookings for the flights to Mallorca between April and the beginning of June 2021 increased by 25 times. The Boeing…
Air Force One with Joe Biden onboard landing at Brussels airport on June 13, 2021. Biden, together with many other leaders, visited Brussels to attend a NATO summit. VC 25 landed on runway 25L. A C32 (99-0003) arrived the day before on runway 25R.
The wreckage of a small airplane was found deep underwater in a California lake as workers were testing surveying equipment, CNN reported. The wreckage in California’s Folsom Lake could likely be the remains of a plane that crashed in 1965, possibly solving a 56-year-old mystery. Jeff Riley, an environmental technician at Seafloor Systems, a surveying…
A cross-country flight from California to Georgia had to be diverted to Oklahoma after a man became unruly and had to be detained by fellow passengers and the flight crew Friday night. Delta Flight 1730, going from Los Angeles to Atlanta, was forced to divert when a man became unruly mid-flight. The aircraft landed in…
A “welcome to Perth” sign painted on a building rooftop is scaring fliers descending to Sydney airport into thinking they have been flown to the wrong Australian city. The prank was spotted by a passenger coming into land at the country’s busiest airport and shared on Reddit. The building, in the Sydney suburb of Sydenham,…
Qatar Airways has reportedly halted the deliveries of its Airbus A350s due to a flaw on the surface below the paint on some of its Airbus A350s. The airline said that the surface below the paint was deteriorating faster than expected. It would not take any more deliveries of the widebody jet until the problem…