Qatar Airways does not expect to return its Airbus A380 superjumbos for at least the next two years, the state-owned airlines chief executive Akbar Al Baker said this week. In an interview for FlightGlobal’s Airlines 2050 event, Baker said: “I don’t think that the A380 will get back into the skies in the short term.…
A US Investigation conducted by the FBI, Customs and Border Protection, and other agencies have found Aeroflot Airlines employees involved in smuggling of $50 million worth of electronic goods into Russia. The Department of State revoked visas of 113 Aeroflot employees involved in the multi-million dollar smuggling. It was reported that the majority of the…
Cathay Pacific has agreed to scale back planned job cuts by 25 per cent to around 6,000 globally, and will axe its Cathay Dragon sister airline brand, according to multiple sources. Hong Kong’s flagship carrier was eyeing global lay-offs of up to 8,000, but has now reduced the number to about 18 per cent of…
Finnair has completed the co-operation process started in September on its plans to reduce up to 1,000 jobs, to make other structural changes and to implement additional temporary layoffs due to the impacts of the corona pandemic. Due to the dramatic market changes caused by the pandemic, Finnair cuts approximately 600 jobs in Finland. The…
Virgin Atlantic has announced it will be launching services to Delhi and Mumbai from Manchester Airport. Fares to Mumbai will start from £473, with flights leaving Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays beginning in December. The price to Dehli will be £480 per person with flights leaving Tuesdays and Saturdays starting in January. In the summer Virgin…
Rapid COVID-19 tests begin at Europe’s busiest airport for passengers flying from London Heathrow to Hong Kong and Italy. This test is quicker than the PCR test. This rapid test costs around $100 and the result will be available within an hour. This test will be available on Tuesday. Passengers flying to Hong Kong will…
An Embraer EMB-720D Minuano, owned by Ortiz Aerotáxi, registration PT-RPU, struck a cow during an attempted takeoff from an improvised runway in Jordão, Acre, Brazil. The airplane broke in half and the two people onboard were not injured. The cow died on impact. The Brazilian registry shows that PT-RPU’s airworthiness certificate was cancelled. (before the…
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened over 1 million passengers Sunday, representing the highest number of passengers screened at TSA checkpoints since March 17, 2020. In addition to screening one million passengers in a single day, TSA screened 6.1 million passengers at checkpoints nationwide during the week (Mon., Oct. 12 through Sun., Oct. 18). That…
Indian airport authorities literally struck gold when they spotted a man walking oddly — and discovered he had about 2 pounds in bullion shoved into his rectum, according to a report. The GoAir passenger arrived from Dubai on Tuesday at Kerala’s Kannur Airport, where he tried to avoid paying an 18 percent tax on his…
Regional airline Flybe – which collapsed with the loss of thousands of jobs – is set to be revived after being bought out by one its former shareholders. The Exeter-based airline could start flying again early next year following the deal agreed with hedge fund firm Cyrus Capital. The airline that employed 2,000 people and…
An IranAir flight from Turkey has had to make an emergency landing releasing the sheeps around the runway. A Boeing 747-200 (reg. EP-ICD) cargo plane carrying live sheep has made an emergency landing in Iran after experiencing technical difficulties. The Iran Air flight was en route from Turkey to one of the Persian Gulf countries…
British Airways has been fined 20 million pounds from the initial proposal of 183 million pounds by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a data breach in 2018. The penalty was reduced due to the ongoing economic impact of the COVID crisis. The ICO findings found out that British Airways have been acting illegally in…
