On Thursday evening, a potent laser originating from an area near the airport was aimed into the cockpit of an Air India (AI) flight, temporarily causing blindness to the pilots as they were in the process of landing at Kolkata airport (CCU).
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Kolkata- An Alliance Air (9I) flight destined for Rourkela, transporting a full load of passengers from Bhubaneshwar, underwent an emergency…
Flag carrier Qatar Airways (QR) Doha (DOH) to Tokyo Narita (NRT) flight made an unexpected visit to Kolkata Airport (CCU) following a medical emergency.
SpiceJet (SG) has finalized agreements for two A320-200s on an ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) basis for the IATA 2024 northern summer season, running from March 31 to October 26.
The Seattle–Taipei flights will be operated by STARLUX’s cutting-edge Airbus A350 aircraft, featuring four distinct cabins—First Class (4 seats), Business Class (26 seats), Premium Economy (36 seats), and Economy (240 seats)—providing passengers with a range of choices for the 6,000+ mile journey.
Vistara (UK), a full-service carrier, announced on Thursday that it has taken delivery of its seventh wide-body Boeing 787-9 aircraft, thereby fulfilling the order it placed for 56 aircraft in 2018.
Expanding Emirates’ main-deck capacity is anticipated to facilitate the accommodation of cargo for the incoming widebody passenger aircraft, as highlighted by Nadeem Sultan, Senior Vice President of Freighters and Cargo Planning, during an interview with Cargo Facts at the IATA World Cargo Symposium held in Hong Kong this month.
In an incident involving two Delta Air Lines (DL) aircraft at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) on Thursday morning, one Delta airplane’s wing contacted another aircraft on the runway, resulting in delays.
a Lufthansa (LH) 747-8 visit to London’s main airport marked the first instance in eight months that a passenger version of the iconic ‘Queen of the Skies’ landed there.
Flights to Al Jouf Airport (AJF) and Red Sea International Airport (RSI) will operate twice weekly, departing from Terminal 2 at Dubai International (DXB).