ALERT France activates plan for no-deal Brexit and will invest €50m into French ports and airports
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France's prime minister Edouard Philippe says €50m (£44.3m) will be invested into French ports and airports to mitigate a hard Brexit. France activated its no-deal Brexit plans following UK Prime Minister Theresa May's historic defeat in the British parliament earlier this week. On Tuesday, the parliament voted against the previous plan on the UK withdrawal from the European Union, backed…
Cathay Pacific sold first-class tickets at economy rates by mistake
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A group of lucky Cathay Pacific customers have scored first-class seats at economy prices, in the second fare blunder by the airline this month. Tickets on trips from Hong Kong to Portugal were sold on the airline's website for $1,512, instead of $16,000 usually charged for a similar journey. The carrier said it would honour…
Theresa May Air Force One on standby in case of flight to Brussels after #Brexit vote
Theresa May is preparing to immediately fly out the EU headquarters in "May Force One" if her Brexit plan ends up getting beaten down in Parliament. The Airbus A330-200MRTT is based at Brize Norton and could pick up the Prime Minister at London Heathrow to fly to Brussels.
ALERT Strike at Frankfurt, extended to 8 German airports tomorrow, 500 Lufthansa flights cancelled
Due to a strike by the security staff at the airport, Lufthansa flights to and from Frankfurt will be considerably impaired next Tuesday, 15 January. Security staff strike at Frankfurt airport now extended to Hamburg, Munich, Hanover, Bremen, Leipzig/Halle, Dresden and Erfurt airports in a series of coordinated industrial action, according to the Verdi union.…
A bird was found on board business class of Singapore Airlines A380 during 14-hour flight to London
A Singapore Airlines flight headed to London's Heathrow Airport found it had an unintended passenger on board. Business-class passengers found themselves greeted by the avian stowaway about 12 hours into the flight. A typical Singapore-London flight takes about 14 hours. In a statement on Sunday (Jan 13), an SIA spokesman confirmed that a bird was…
BREAKING Due to shutdown, TSA security checkpoint at Terminal B to be closed at Houston Bush Airport, making it the first airport to do so
Due to staffing issues associated with the partial shutdown of the federal government, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint and the ticketing counter in Terminal B at George Bush Intercontinental Airport closed at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, and will remain closed the rest of the day. Flights scheduled to depart from…
LIVE Fugitive Cesare Battisti leaves Bolivia on board a Falcon 900 to Italy (track the plane)
Italy sent an aircraft to Bolivia on Sunday to pick up fugitive left-wing militant Cesare Battisti after he was captured there nearly three decades after being convicted of murder in his home country. The development sets the stage for a climactic end to one of Italy's longest-running efforts to bring a fugitive to justice. The…
ALERT Miami International Airport will be closing a terminal after more security officers are absent from work due to shutdown
On Saturday, Sunday and Monday Miami International Airport will end flights at 1 p.m. from Concourse G and relocate them to either to Concourse F or Concourse H. The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) 51,000 officers will miss a paycheck on Friday as the shutdown hits its 21st day. The screeners are among the lowest-paid federal…
London Heathrow Airport achieves record 80 million annual passengers in 2018
A record 80 million passengers used Heathrow last year as numbers grew by 2.7% over 2017. The growth was boosted by the use of larger and fuller aircraft and comes as the London hub starts fresh consultation on plans to expand with a third runway. Heathrow is one of only seven airports in the world…
A maintenance man was decapitated by helicopter blades at Brooksville airport, Florida
Authorities are investigating a decapitation involving a helicopter at a Florida airport, according to multiple local media reports. A maintenance man was decapitated by the rotor of a helicopter near the Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport in Brooksville, a Hernando County Fire Rescue official confirms to 10News. Preliminary information from the Federal Aviation Administration says a…
Flybe to be rescued by Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Air
Two months after Flybe put itself up for sale, the regional airline is to be rescued by a consortium involving Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Air. Virgin Atlantic has agreed to team up with Stobart Group to form a new company that will also include the Stobart Air franchise operation
Donghai Airlines suspend pilot and fine co-pilot for allowing wife in cockpit
Chen Guosheng piloted Flight DZ6286 from Nantong in eastern Jiangsu province to Lanzhou in northwestern Gansu province, and the connecting flight from Lanzhou to Beijing on July 28, 2018. During the journey he reportedly allowed his wife, surnamed Wang, onto the flight deck on three occasions. The pilot has been suspended for six months and…
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