Monarch celebrated the launch to two new routes from Birmingham Airport to Lisbon and Madrid last Friday. Cabin Crew were present at check-in to greet customers with a celebratory glass of fizz and a cupcake. Monarch cabin crew were on hand to help with the celebrations with two dressed in vintag...
A plane was diverted to Heathrow this morning after a woman gave birth mid-flight. An emergency was declared on the Boeing 777 while it was airborne above Northern Ireland, and the pilots were instructed to turn around and head to London. Photos have emerged on social media of airline staff ho...
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...
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...
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...
The arrival of flight AC828 at Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport yesterday morning marks the successful launch of non-stop service between Montreal and Lyon, the only year-round non-stop service between North America and Lyon. Flights will operate five times weekly during the summer and four times weekly during the winter with a Boeing 767-300ER featuring 24 International Business Class lie-flat sui...
Alitalia’s first direct, non-stop flight from Rome to Mexico City took off this morning at 10.25am. The inaugural service operated by Alitalia’s flagship long-haul Boeing 777 aircraft took off from Fiumicino airport to the Mexican capital with a load factor over 80 per cent. The new route was launched with a ribbon cutting ceremony performed by Alitalia’s CEO Cramer Ball, Heritage, Arts and Tou...
The arrival of flight AC1926 from Toronto-Pearson at Warsaw Chopin Airport this morning further expands Air Canada Rouge’s presence in Central Europe. The non-stop seasonal service, operating four-times a week, makes Air Canada the only Canadian airline offering non-stop service between Canada and Poland. “We are pleased to add Warsaw, the Polish capital and a European cultura...
Barely two years after commencing flights between its Luxembourg and Zhengzhou hubs, Cargolux Airlines International S.A announced today that cargo volume on this route has surpassed 100,000 tonnes, just eight months after the carrier announced hitting the 50,000-tonne mark last October. The news was announced at the Air Cargo China 2016 event in Shanghai yesterday. Speaking at Air Cargo China,...
Following last week’s announcement of being the only airline awarded service to all nine Cuban destinations, Silver Airways has become the first U.S. airline to again sell regularly scheduled flights to Cuba with tickets for sale now at silverairways.com. Silver Airways, which operates more routes within Florida and between Florida and the Bahamas than any other airline, will be the first U....
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced a new route from Budapest to Porto commencing on 4 September with two weekly flights on Wednesdays and Sundays. Wizz Air started operating flights from Budapest to Lisbon in March last year and Portugal quickly became one of the favorite destinations from Budapest for business and leisure travelers. In May thi...
Low-cost airline Norwegian continues its UK expansion this week with the launch of its newest route from Edinburgh to the cosmopolitan city of Barcelona with fares from £34.90. From 15 June, Norwegian’s brand new twice weekly flights to Barcelona take off, departing on Wednesdays and Saturdays offering passengers an ideal schedule for a short summer getaway. More than 15,000 seats a...
A man hurled a bottle containing home-made explosives inside the main international airport in China's commercial hub of Shanghai on Sunday, injuring four people before attempting to kill himself, authorities said. The unidentified man removed a beer bottle or bottles with explosive materials from a backpack before throwing one near a check-in counter in Terminal Two at Pudong International...
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United Kingdom, London
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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...
