BREAKING An aircraft is declaring an emergency
Squawking 7700: N177DN http://t.co/rXZnfYiqTI #PF7700 — Plane Finder (@planefinder) February 17, 2015
NEWS Mauritius leads winners at the ACI Airport Service Quality Awards
Industry body Airports Council International has announced the recipients of the prestigious 2014 Airport Service Quality Awards. As the industry’s most comprehensive passenger service benchmarking tool, the ACI ASQ Survey has reliably captured passengers’ immediate appraisal from check-in through departure at the gate at more than 300 airports worldwide.
NEWS HNA Group launches GX Airlines in Guangxi, China
HNA Group or China has continued to expand its airline portfolio, with the official launch GX Airlines – a new carrier based in southern region of Guangxi. The start-up airline launched its inaugural flight earlier, from its home base at Nanning, the capital of scenic Guangxi.
NEWS Emirates to fly A380 between Milan and New York
Emirates will add a superjumbo service between Milan and New York JFK on June 1. The Gulf carrier will upgrade flights EK205/206 on its Dubai-Milan-New York route from a B777-300ER to an A380. Link
NEWS Accident: United Boeing 767 enroute to Honolulu, turbulence injures 7
4 cabin crew and the passenger were taken to a hospital, the other 2 cabin crew declined hospital care. Link
NEWS UPDATE Paris Orly Airport forced to close runway after Air Algerie A330 and skids on to grass verge – @MailOnline
Air Algerie plane veered off runway after landing at Paris Orly Airport Flight AH1004 landed at 2.30pm local time but veered onto the grass An airport spokeswoman ruled out any kind of terror attack None of the passengers on the 220-seat Airbus A330-202 were harmed Sent to us on twitter by @ZeuHaKim Twitter: @AlgerieScoopNeo Passengers disembarking off…