Welcome to my first new trip report of 2016, as my goal for this year is to sample as many new first & business class products as possible. And I’m sure you guys will agree this is a good start. The way this trip came to be is sort of funny. In mid-December I wrote about...
At least 70 passengers were offloaded from a Raipur-bound Indigo flight at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Friday night due to “unruly behaviour”, following which the passengers lodged a complaint with airport police alleging that they were harassed by the staff. Th...
Emirates cancelled eight Washington DC and New York flights on Saturday after a massive blizzard and strong winds brought US east coast cities to a standstill. The cancelled flights are EK 203 Dubai to New York JFK, EK 204 New York JFK to Dubai, EK 201 Dubai to New York JFK, EK 202 New York JFK to Dubai, EK 205 Milan, Italy to New York JFK, EK 206 New York JFK to Milan, EK 231 Dubai to Washingt...
Although there may not be a lot of planes taking off in the middle of the afternoon there is still always a lot of traffic on the runway at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Everything from fuel trucks to security cars move around the field, but only if they have permission from the tower. But on Sunday night a snow plow driver for some reason went through a mandatory stop area and on...
Presently the world’s three longest flights are Dallas to Sydney (Qantas), Johannesburg to Atlanta (Delta), and Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles (Etihad). Emirates has the intentions of launching a route between Dubai and Panama City, which would be the world’s longest, as it’s 10 miles further than Dallas to Sydney. However, that route has already been delayed by two months due to abysm...
The DC-10 Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) firebomber Southern Belle has relocated from New South Wales to Avalon in Victoria. The DC-10, temporarily named Southern Belle for its deployment to Australia, had been based at RAAF Base Richmond, alongside an L-100-30 Hercules Large Air Tanker, after arriving in Australia in late September. “Now the risk is decreasing in the northern part of NS...
Etihad Regional, operated by Darwin Airline, Switzerland leading regional carrier based in Ticino, today confirmed that it has not experienced any commercial cancellations of its operations out of Lugano Airport. Etihad Regional is happy to report that its commitment to maintain a stable operation out of Lugano has paid off: since the 1st December 2015 till today, there have been no commercial...
Air New Zealand is suspending services between Auckland and Vanuatu in light of on-going concerns about the condition of the runway at Port Vila International Airport. General Manager Flight Operations Stephen Hunt says, “The condition of the runway at Port Vila has been gradually deteriorating and we have taken the difficult decision to suspend services before the situation becomes unsaf...
S7 Airlines, a member of the oneworld® global aviation alliance®, announces opening new flights to Rhodes Island (Greece). Air tickets are already available for purchase. S7 Airlines will operate direct flights from Moscow to Rhodes from 28 April 2016 up to three times a week – on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Flight S7-617 will depart from the Moscow Domodedov...
Emirates plans to upgrade its Dubai (DXB) - Washington D.C. (IAD) service, with the introduction of its flagship Airbus A380 on the route beginning February 1. Daily Flights to Washington, D.C with the Emirates A380 Replacing the existing Boeing 777-300ER used on this route, the A380 will serve the strong customer demand and restore route capacity following United Airlines’ planned withdr...
A newly launched European airline association wants the European Union to reform its regulations to bring down the cost of using airports in the region. Airlines for Europe, or A4E, founded by IAG, Air France-KLM, easyJet, Lufthansa and Ryanair, said a new study showed that charges at the largest 21 European airports have risen 80 percent since 2005, with a 90 percent increase at the 10 biggest...
London Oxford Airport has been awarded two new accreditations. Its OxfordJet FBO has become one of the first FBO’s in the UK to receive the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH). The airport’s OxfordJet FBO passed the highly stringent audit in December following an external assessment by an IBAC-accredited (International Business Aviation Council) auditor, w...
Melbourne Airport has increased its share of all Australia-Asia passenger traffic from 15 per cent in 2000 to 25 per cent in 2013, while Sydney Airport’s share fell from 45 to 35 per cent over the same period, according to a research paper published in the University of Melbourne’s Journal of Transport Geography. ‘The fortunes of air transport gateways’ researc...
Malware has been discovered in a computer network of Kiev's main airport, Reuters reports. The report states the malware was found last week in the IT network of Boryspil International Airport, located near Kyiv, which reportedly included the airport's air traffic control system. Andriy Lysenko, a military spokesperson, told Reuters that the command and control centre of the malware&mda...
08/09/2026
United Kingdom, London
10/09/2026
Latvia, Riga
In an era where travellers expect their smartphones to track everything from their luggage to their ride to the airport, one question looms large over the aviation industry: if your phone knows where...
