Cobalt, a low-cost Cypriot airline, which was the largest carrier in Cyprus, operated two or three flights a day from Heathrow and Gatwick to Larnaca on the south coast of the Mediterranean island and Stanstead has suspended operations indefinitely and warned passengers booked on its flights not to turn up. It added “We sincerely apologise…
Air Niugini plane Boeing 737-800 from Papua New Guinea, carrying 35 passengers and 12 crew has come down in a lagoon off Chuuk International Airport in Micronesia after it overshot the runaway by 160 yards. All were rescued and none of them suffered serious injuries. The cause of the crash is unclear and an investigation…
Bees expert safely removed the estimated 20,000 bees from the engine of a low budget Mango Airlines plane at the main airport in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban. The bees populated the engine in less than 25 minutes and delayed three passenger flights at King Shaka International Airport. According Mango Airlines spokesman…
In a mega deal for the airline industry, Emirates is to takeover Etihad Airways PJSC. The two carriers are in preliminary talks over a deal. The two carriers are in many ways duplicates, of Etihad’s 88 passenger destinations, all but 11 are also served by Emirates and that the group destination is a three-tier bunch,…
A Qantas non-stop flight Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner QF9 from Perth, Australia to London was forced to turn back when a male passenger became “hyper Aggressive, like a cornered animal”. The plane which had been due to land in London on Saturday night, returned to Perth after two hours of 17-hour flight. “He was suddenly standing…
Nineteen people have been taken ill after Emirates airline plane flight EK203 from Dubai to New York landed in New York JFK airport 9:10 (13:10 GMT) with 521 passengers. The plane was immediately quarantined at JFK airport. Three passengers including rapper Vanilla Ice and seven crew members who fell ill on board Emirates flight were…
Vintage World War Two aircraft Junkers JU-52 crashed in the Piz Segnas mountainside in eastern Switzerland, near the Austrian border, killing 17 passengers and 3 crews who were on a sightseeing flight when it took off on Saturday afternoon at 5 pm. Operator JU-Air who has suspended all flights until further notice, said it was…
Aeromexico flight AM 2431 flying from Guadalupe Victoria International Airport in Durango to Mexico City crashed around 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT) Just moments after take-off, with 99 passengers and four crew surviving the ordeal 97 with minor injuries. Most of the passengers were able to walk away before the plane caught fire. According to…
A breed of new scanners at Heathrow Airport could end the liquid restrictions in Hand luggage in the UK. The machines take a 3D X-ray, allowing security staff to check items without requiring them to be removed from bags and can detect explosives. The worldwide rule of liquid restrictions in hand luggage began in 2006…
Pics Laurence Price Farnborough Airshow has certainly been a popular attraction for visitors with spectacular flying displays from Red Arrows. Ever since Concorde retired 15 years ago, three US firms Boom Supersonic, Aerion Supersonic and Spike Aerospace are racing to be the first to slash travel times across the globe, with passenger jets travelling…