Man dies on board on Emirates flight from Dubai to Manchester

An elderly male passenger has died on board a Emirates flight EK21 from Dubai to Manchester on 20th June 2016. He is said to have been ill before boarding in Dubai and Greater Manchester Police confirmed the death was not suspicious. The Boeing 777 landed at Manchester Airport at 7:30am this morning and was met…

40 injured as Malaysia Airlines hit by severe turbulence

Thirty four passengers and six crew members on a Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380-800, the biggest commercial airliner in use, flight from London Heathrow, have been hurt after it was hit by turbulence. The aircraft carrying 378 passengers on board at the time but managed to land safely at Kuala Lumpur. Medical staff and senior Malaysia…

EygptAir wreckage found

EgyptAir fight from Paris to Cairo made two sharp turns as it swerved 90ᵒ left and then 360ᵒ to the right and plunged to 15000ft  into the Mediterranean Sea, and debris found in hunt for missing jet. A Greek frigate discovered two large floating objects in the Mediterranean sea following a sea Captain’s reported seeing…

Emirates in record profit of £1.3bn

Emirates Airline, founded in 1985, reported a record net profit of £1.31 bn ($1.9bn) for 2015-16, a robust performance despite negative effects of strong US dollar, economic slow-downs in oil-producing countries. For the year up to March 31, Emirates have reported a net profit of  £1.31bn (Dh7.1bn) up 56 per cent compared with 2014-15, as…

Boom and bust of Kingfisher airlines

Vijay Mallya, 60 year old Indian businessman and politician who owned India’s biggest liquor company and a private jet, an Airbus, and launched Kingfisher an airline to match his style and flamboyance. Kingfisher went from boom to bust. Lalit Modi, their ownership of IPL teams and jet setting lifestyles. Mallya made his escape to London…

Kazakstani Pilot sacked for drug posession

A pilot was caught after a flight with a large bag of marijuana in his pocket and also failing a drugs test who worked in one of the companies associated with the Kazakstan Airlines company.  The Air Astana captain had recently touched down in the  A320 from Moscow to Almaty – the former soviet republic’s biggest…

80th Anniversary for Spitfires

  A Spitfire flew over Southampton Water and the site of the Super marine factory in Woolston, where thousands of The World War Two fighters were manufactured. A flypast to mark the 80th anniversary of the Spitfire’s first flight has taken place over the Hampshire coast. The plane took off from the airport shortly before…

Emirates Airbus A380 makes Dubai-NZ longest non-stop flight

Emirates Airbus A380 jet has made history, the world’s longest non-stop scheduled commercial fight from Dubai to Auckland, covering 14,200km (8, 824miles) on March 2, 2016. The return flight to Dubai let at about 19:30 local time 8:30 GMT, reducing the travel time by 3 hours. Both flights were around 17 hours and 15 minutes.…

London City Airport sold for £2bn

London City Airport sold to Kuwait Investment Authority, a state-owned Sovereign fund, Borealis Infrastructure, Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan fund, AIMCo, an American investment management company, Wren House, an infrastructure investment vehicle owned by Sovereign wealth fund of Kuwait. Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the American private equity company who owned 75  per cent stake, and Oaktree…