The 178-year-old company said in a statement that its board “concluded that it had no choice but to take steps to enter into compulsory liquidation with immediate effect” after talks on a financial rescue failed. All Thomas Cook bookings have been canceled, the UK Civil Aviation Authority tweeted. Peter Fankhauser, Thomas […]
BY CAILEY RIZZO SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 Beijing Daxing International Airport is set to begin its first commercial flights this week. When it reaches full capacity, it is expected to become the largest airport in the world. China Southern, one of the main airlines at the airport, was expected to deploy an […]
By Francis Omejevwe Ewherido Middle age is usually between 45 and 65 years, but my attention today are men in their 50s. In the last two months, I know a handful of people in their 50s who have died as a result of stroke, cancer, heart failure and other health […]
ON SEPTEMBER 22, 20193:51 PMIN AVIATION BY EMMANUEL OKOGBA Typhoon Tapah approached southwestern Japan Sunday, with heavy rain and strong winds grounding hundreds of regional flights. Tapah, with gusts up to 162 kilometres (100 miles) per hour, was expected to draw near Nagasaki prefecture overnight, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. […]
MATEUSZ MASZCZYNSKI 21ST SEPTEMBER 2019 Emirates has become the first non-American airline approved by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for biometric boarding on flights to the United States from its hub in Dubai. The technology has been tested on flights to New York and Los Angeles since July and will […]
by Tom Boon September 20, 2019 From tomorrow Norwegian Airlines will begin offering flights connecting the world’s northernmost airport with the world’s southernmost airport. Four flights taking 25 hours will connect Svalbard with Ushuaia. Norwegian, Svalbard, Ushuaia, Svalbard to Ushuaia Norwegian will fly passengers from Svalbard in the Arctic Circle to […]
September 20, 2019 This agreement will enable China Southern Airlines’ passengers to book travel on Qatar Airways’ flights between Guangzhou and Doha and Beijing and Doha allowing one stop connections to more than 80 destinations in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Qatar Airways first began flying to China in 2003 […]
by Joanna Bailey September 20, 2019 I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to check out Virgin Atlantic’s newest aircraft, and its newest onboard product too, as part of a celebration to welcome the new plane. The Upper Class cabin has been completely redesigned for the A350, and is a […]
Published September 20, 2019 China has confirmed the detention of a FedEx pilot, who was found trying to carry a box of air-gun pellets across the border, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. The U.S. pilot was arrested last Thursday at an international airport in the southern city of Guangzhou as he […]