British Airways pilots have threatened to ground planes and escalate pressure on the airline which is preparing to cancel almost all of its 850 flights during strike action on Monday in a dispute over pay. The government has intervened and asked the UK’s flag carrier for the two sides “to get around the table and…
The 179-year-old travel group has agreed terms of a £900m rescue deal with debtholders and China’s Fosun that aims to save the business but could lead to it being pulled from the stock market. According to the deal Fosun would inject £450m into Thomas Cook in exchange for at least 75 per cent of the…
Indian Oil has stopped the fuel supply to India’s national carrier Air India at six domestic airports because of unpaid dues. The airports where fuel supply has been halted since Thursday evening are Mohali, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Pune, Ranchi and Patna. “in the absence of equity support Air India cannot handle the huge debt service…
The Royal Air Force display team have flown over famous landmarks in New York City, including the Statue of Liberty. The team based in RAF Scampton, Lincoln are on a tour of North America to promote the UK and will visit 25 more cities across the continent.
All major UK airports is to introduce 3D baggage scanners before 2022 according to a government statement, which will boost security speed up pre-boarding checks and could end restrictions on travelling with liquid and laptops. The equipment is very similar to CT scanners used in hospital and is already being installed at London’s Heathrow Airport…
Emiliano Sala (28) and his pilot was poisoned by carbon monoxide just before the plane he was in crashed into the Channel, it was revealed. Tests on the body found in the wreckage showed he had enough of the gas in his system to potentially knock him unconscious and induce a heart attack. The body David…
British Airways flight BA 422 which departed from London heathrow at 15:10 BST on Monday and landed in Valencia was evacuated after white smoke filled the cabin shortly before landing. BA apologised to the 175 Passengers , two pilots and six cabin crew on board the aircraft an Airbus A321 and issued a statement saying…
Boeing has suffered its biggest quarterly loss as the prolonged grounding of its best selling 737 MAX jet took its toll. Boeing cut production of the 737 Max from 52 to 42 a month in April after its worldwide grounding in March following two crashes that killed 346 people. Dennis Muilenburg CEO said that while…
Cathay Pacific was the most punctual airline, with aircraft typically taking off just eight minutes behind schedule. The average delay across all flights were 16 minutes. Teh ranking features the 43 airliens with over 2, 000 flights from UK airports last year. Vueling Airlines, the Spanish carrier, has the worst punctuality of major airlines flying…
An Air Canada Boeing 777-2000 Australian-bound flight on Thursday suffered intense turbulence, when it was cruising at 36, 000ft (10, 973 metres) about 600 miles (966km) southwest of Honolulu, and unbuckled passenger seat belt to hit the aircraft’s ceiling forcing the plane to do an emergency landing in Hawaii at 06:46 local time (16:46 GMT).…