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BREAKING Technical issues affecting departure boards and check-in systems are causing disruption at London Heathrow

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 16, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

ALERT The U.S. to increase tariffs on imported Airbus aircraft to 15%

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 15, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

Airbus A330-800 receives EASA and FAA type certification

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 13, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

Woman jailed 2 years for trying to open Jet2 plane door mid-flight

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 13, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

Turkish airline AtlasGlobal is halting all flight operations

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 12, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

UK prime minister Boris Johnson suggests Heathrow third Runway won’t be built soon

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 12, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

BREAKING Air Italy suspends flight operations, the airline will be liquidated

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 11, 2020 Leave a comment

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 passenger gave birth to a baby boy on Qatar Airways #QR830 to Bangkok

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 11, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO British Airways #BA112 sets new record for fastest New York to London

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 9, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

Airlines have cancelled dozens of domestic and international flights as #StormCiara is crossing the UK

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 9, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

BREAKING Right main gear of Iceland Air Boeing 757 flight #FI529 collapsed on landing at Keflavik Airport

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 7, 2020 Leave a comment

An Icelandair Boeing 757, operating flight #FI529 suffered a right main gear collapse. Please reload for updates… UPDATE Keflavik Airport reopens. UPDATE Keflavik Airport looks to be closed after the Iceland Air incident. Flight #W94497 is diverting. The Boeing 757-200 (reg. TF-FIA, built 2000) experienced right main gear collapse on landing runway 10 at Keflavik,…

Boeing 737MAX certification flights to start soon – FAA said

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 6, 2020 Leave a comment

FAA administration Steve Dickson said that international air safety regulators are close to agreeing on the final fixes needed before the Boeing 737MAX can return to service. But Dickson also said that Boeing found a new software problem with the 737MAX. The issue is related to the alert function on the trim system, which helps raise…