Herman Elyanyushkin: Moscow region Government approved the project of development of the Sheremetyevo airport Moscow authorities have agreed on a development project of the Northern area of Sheremetyevo International airport, which will turn the airport into one of the most powerful passenger and cargo hubs in the world. By 2018 the site of the old airport terminal will build a modern terminal B...
Sir Philip Green is understood to have taken delivery of a new private jet, adding a £46m Gulfstream G650ER to a transport collection that includes a speedboat, a helicopter and three yachts. The billionaire businessman – who last week appeared before MPs to be questioned on his role in the demise of BHS, which has put 11,000 jobs at risk – is apparently now the owner of an up...
For those of you looking to redeem miles for a Cathay Pacific award ticket from a US gateway, the airline uses the A330, A340, or B777 for the second leg departing from Hong Kong to other cities in Asia. It’s gradually replacing the aging A330 and A340 products with the A350 plane, which features a new coach class and the same reverse herringbone business class seat, though slig...
A Jetstar flight has been turned back to Sydney Airport and was met by emergency services after a "strange smell" was detected on board. JQ517, which departed for Melbourne at 2.02pm on Sunday, was turned back after about 10 minutes when the smell was found. The Airbus A321 landed on the runway about 2.30pm. One witness said the plane pulled up on a vacant taxiway...
Police had to be called to Düsseldorf airport when around 70 passengers rioted after the pilot of their delayed flight took off without them, leaving them stranded on the tarmac, it has emerged. The passengers had already been waiting two hours for their delayed flight to Dresden with Eurowings, a low-cost subsidiary of Lufthansa, on Friday evening. But when a bus finally took them from...
The opening of the new terminal at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport has been delayed for at least two weeks after the authorities deemed the facility unfit to welcome its first travellers, media reports said. A first phase opening of the new “Terminal 3 Ultimate” had been scheduled for Monday, initially serving passengers on domestic and international flight...
Iran's beleaguered national airline is finally getting some relief. On Wednesday, news emerged from Tehran, the Iran Air has reportedly reached an agreement with Boeing for 100 airliners. Should the rumored Boeing deal reach completion, it would be Iran Air's second multibillion airplane acquisition this year. In January, Iran Air and Airbus agreed to a historic deal for 118 airli...
Lockheed Martin delivered two new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the U.S. Air Force last week, the company announced Wednesday. Airmen from Moody Air Force Base visited Lockheed's Marietta, Ga., facility on June 9 to ferry a new HC-130J Combat King II, the company said in a statement. The HC-130J is the service's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown b...
Iran wants to start joint aircraft production with Russia, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, Iran’s minister of industry, mines and trade, told journalists on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Thursday. "Negotiations are currently under way," the minister said when asked about prospects for concluding a Sukhoi Superjet deal. "I believe that...
Three years ago this week, Boeing officially launched the third and largest variant of its groundbreaking Dreamliner jet: the 787-10. At the time, Boeing had secured 102 orders from two leasing companies and three major global airlines, including United Continental . However, sales have been extremely slow since then. Today -- with less than two years to the first 787-10 del...
Search teams on Friday recovered the second flight recorder of an EgyptAir plane from the bottom of the Mediterranean, a day after the cockpit voice recorder was salvaged. The flight data recorder was found in several pieces, Egyptian investigators said. Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar screens in the eastern Mediterranean last month with 66 people on board, and a vast...
When you’re rich, you can ask for whatever you want. The private jet booking app JetSmarter revealed to Travel + Leisure some of the most outrageous requests the company has received from celebrities. One high-end couple took a flight without an actual destination. For six hours the pair flew around drinking expensive wine, getting spa treatments and enjoying manicures and pedicures &m...
