Air India flight 101 was flying from Mumbai – then known as Bombay – to London when it crashed near the summit of Mont Blanc on 24 January 1966. The flight had made two scheduled stops in Delhi and Beirut, Lebanon, and was on its way to another stop in Geneva, Switzerland. However, during the…
Yesterday Ryanair was the busiest airline operating 1,273 flights according to Eurocontrol. Next busiest: Turkish Airlines with 607 flights Wizzair with 501 flights easyJet 415 flights
A cow that plunged down a 150ft waterfall in Cumbria was airlifted to safety by an RAF helicopter five days later. A Puma helicopter operated by the 28 Squadron airlifted the cow back to safety.
Qantas is operating three farewell flights. The Boeing 747-400 (reg. VH-OEJ) performed a farewell flight from Sydney. There will be two other flights: Brisbane (Wednesday 15th July) – 1015 Canberra (Friday July 17th) – 1200
The U.S. Department of Transportation has decided to ban Pakistan International Airlines from operating flights to the United States. The airline is struggling to recover from a fatal crash, years of losses, a collapse in global air travel and the stunning revelation that almost a third of the nation’s pilots obtained fake licenses. That latest…
A top official at Emirates expects a combination of pandemic-related production slowdowns and an likely lengthy certification process will likely push deliveries into 2022. Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ chief operating officer, told Bloomberg in an interview that his airline is considering swapping some of the planes for smaller 787 Dreamliners. Emirates has 115 777Xs on…
British Airways is set to resume flights from London Gatwick, next weekend. British Airways will resume flights to London Gatwick Airport on July 18 as the airline continues the restart of its long- and short-haul flights. British Airways will resume routes to : Bridgetown, Barbados (BGI) Bermuda (BDA) St Lucia (UVF) Kingston (KIN) Antigua (ANU)
A hot air balloon landed between two houses Wednesday morning in the northwest suburbs after a passenger had a medical emergency. The pilot called authorities about 7:15 a.m. and said an 80-year-old woman on board had lost consciousness, according to Al Schlick, deputy chief of the Huntley Fire Protection District. The pilot planned to land…
Finnish national carrier Finnair announced on Thursday that it is set to increase its traffic in July, as the Finnish government decided to lift travel restrictions for a raft of countries in and outside Europe. Finnair is increasing its traffic in July and serves more than 30 destinations in Europe and some Asian destinations, including…
Hi Fly removed all the seats of its A380 to create additional storage space for light consignments. Take a look inside the Hi Fly Airbus A380-800, that is now able to offer more than 300m3 of volume capacity and close to 60 tons of cargo.
The southern runway will be closed for 3 months The south runway will be closed for 3 months after this weekend. The airport is taking advantage of the single runway operation due to low traffic during coronavirus crisis. The runway 27L/09R covers arrivals over Myrtle Avenue or departures over Feltham or from the Esso garage.…
A man who has been on the run for 16 years was arrested in dramatic scenes at Liverpool John Lennon airport early this morning. Mark Anthony Fitzgibbon has been the subject of numerous appeals after he breached the terms of his release from prison on parole. The 49-year-old was detained shortly after midnight when a…
