Donna Beegle is speaking out after she says a commercial flight made an emergency landing to kick her family off the plane because she was traveling with her autistic daughter. Although the captain did not speak to the Beegles, he landed the plane before reaching its final destination in Portland, Oregon, and asked police officers…
Tom Washington, 22, of Grimsby, boarded the Jet2 flight dressed up as a female cabin crew member for the lads’ holiday to Majorca. He explained: ‘There were 23 of us altogether and we all met at East Midlands airport. ‘We got up in the early hours to do our make-up and hair like any presentable…
British Airway is making enjoying the winter sun even easier for customers this year with extra flights from Gatwick being added to the airline’s schedules. From October 27th additional seats will be up for grabs on seven extra flights a week to Funchal, Faro, Seville and Turin.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has appointed James Harrison as general manager for the United Kingdom. Harrison, who has more than 25 years of travel industry experience, takes up the role after two years as Etihad Airways’ general manager for Canada.
Travelport and Nile Air announce the signing of a multi-year, global full content agreement. Nile Air, one of Egypt’s leading private airlines, launched operations in 2010 and provides services from across Egypt to the Middle East, Gulf and Africa with a fleet of modern Airbus A320 aircraft configured with eight business class seats and 156…
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has appointed James Harrison as general manager for the United Kingdom. Harrison, who has more than 25 years of travel industry experience, takes up the role after two years as Etihad Airways’ general manager for Canada.
Avianca has firmed up its order for 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) earlier this year.
Dubai Airports has confirmed that construction is expected to begin later this year on the expansion of Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central’s existing passenger terminal which will boost the current capacity of six million passengers a year to 26 million. As Dubai International nears its capacity limit due to the rapid growth of…
With the introduction of its 2015 summer schedule, Lufthansa has reinstated its night flight, LH 405, which departs New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport at 21:55 and arrives in Frankfurt at 11:35 the following day with a Boeing 747-8. The afternoon flight, LH 401, remains constant, with an Airbus A380 departing JFK at 15:55…
Qatar Airways will begin the next phase of its USA route development with the introduction of three new passenger routes to Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta. With these new destinations, Qatar Airways will offer daily non-stop services to all ten of the largest metropolitan areas of the United States. Effective January 1st, 2016, Qatar Airways…
Boeing said Friday the temporary extra assembly line in Everett used to build 787 Dreamliners will shut down at the end of this year and be converted for use in early production of the forthcoming 777X jet.
Boeing, the Lufthansa Group and Swiss International Air Lines have finalised an order for three additional 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes, valued at $990 million at current list prices. This order, previously attributed to an unidentified customer, follows SWISS’ 2013 order for six 777-300ERs, and will form the backbone of the Swiss flag-carrier’s long-haul fleet renewal.
