AIRPORTS | All Lithuanian airports evacuated following a bomb threat
Passengers were temporarily evacuated from all three Lithuanian airports on Monday morning. According to a report by Lithuanian Airports, initial information about a possible explosive device was received at around…
Portugal’s TAP cabin crew call off strike after reaching agreement
Cabin crew at Portugal’s TAP airline have called off a strike that would have forced the cancellation of 1,316 flights between Jan. 25-31 after reaching an agreement with the airline,…
INCIDENT | Fuel leak on jetBlue plane at New York City LaGuardia Airport
A jetBlue A320 suffered fuel leak at New York City LaGuardia Airport. A JetBlue Airbus A320-232 aircraft was forced to stop while taxiing at New York City LaGuardia Airport (LGA)…
Australia confirms purchase of 40 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks
Australia has confirmed the acquisition of 40 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk four-blade twin-engine medium-lift utility military helicopters in a $1.96 billion deal with the United States government. The purchase agreement…
ROUTES | Etihad announces two new European routes: Dusseldorf & Copenhagen
Etihad Airways announced that it is launching two routes starting October 1, 2023, flying to Dusseldorf International Airport (DUS), and Copenhagen Airport (CPH) from Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH). BIG…
Russia, Belarus launch ‘purely defensive’ joint air force drills
Russia and Belarus have commenced joint air force drills using Belarus’ military airfields. The military exercises will be conducted until February 1, 2023, according to the Belarusian defense ministry. “Today,…
FAA, NTSB to investigate AA and Delta runway near-miss at JFK
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) indicated that they would investigate a recent near-miss between a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-900 and an American…
A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal – 16 years apart
In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger…
UPDATE | Searchers find black boxes of aircraft in deadly Nepal crash
Searchers on Monday found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a passenger flight that crashed on Sunday, killing at least 68 people in Nepal’s deadliest plane…