The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System is designed to prevent flights from hitting terrain by executing an automatic recovery maneuver when terrain impact is imminent. The system continuously compares trajectory prediction, terrain profile, and elevation data. The Automatic Ground-Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) has been in development by the US Air Force, NASA, and Lockheed Martin…
Air Passenger Duty has been partially reformed in the UK as the new tax year begins. From April 1st, the two more expensive bands of APD are being abolished. Band ‘C’ affects people travelling over 4,000 miles, and band ‘D’ affects journeys over 6,000 miles.
Some British Airways frequent-flier accounts have been hacked, but the airline says that most personal information is safe. The London-based airline did not say how many accounts were compromised, but said they have been locked down and can no longer be accessed. British Airways is not aware of any access to any personal information within…
FlightRadar24 3rd bomb threat for Turkish Airlines this week. After #TK52 and #TK15, today the flight #TK1759 from Istanbul to Lisbon had to return to Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport after bomb threat. An unaccompanied baggage found on board; all passengers taken to another aircraft.
UPDATE More photos of the 2 Ryanair Boeing 737 which clipped each other at Dublin airport moments ago /@RYRNews pic.twitter.com/8jYFDavgj9— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) April 1, 2015 Two Ryanair aircraft clipped each other at Dublin airport this morning. A spokesperson for the airport said the incident happened on a taxiway area. They said they were not aware…
Air Passenger Duty has been partially reformed in the UK as the new tax year begins. From April 1st, the two more expensive bands of APD are being abolished. Band ‘C’ affects people travelling over 4,000 miles, and band ‘D’ affects journeys over 6,000 miles.
An easyJet flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Rome after an infuriated passenger allegedly assaulted a flight stewardess ‘because he was waiting too long for a sandwich’. A male passenger on a flight travelling from Geneva to Pristina in Kosovo on Tuesday morning allegedly punched the female flight attendant and knocked her…
MAG has announced the appointment of Ken O’Toole’s as the new managing director of Manchester Airport. O’Toole has been chief commercial officer with the company since 2012.
Air Passenger Duty has been partially reformed in the UK as the new tax year begins. From April 1st, the two more expensive bands of APD are being abolished. Band ‘C’ affects people travelling over 4,000 miles, and band ‘D’ affects journeys over 6,000 miles.
© Didier Vittoz From report, El Al flight #LY317 from Tel Aviv had to abord landing yesterday at 10:15 pm to London Heathrow because of an aircraft was still on the runway. The Boeing 767 landed safely few minutes later.
