Qatar Airways has expanded its trial of the International Air Transport Association’s Travel Pass digital health verification app to include the verification of COVID-19 vaccination history. Over the last few months, airlines across the globe have stepped up to trial IATA’s ‘digital passport’ that works to verify health information, allowing customers to comfortably travel, and
A Boeing 737-200 cargo aircraft with two pilots on board made an emergency landing in water off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii, in the early hours of the morning on Friday, with both pilots rescued by the US Coast Guard. Transair Flight 810, operated by Rhoades Aviation, departed Honolulu at 1:33am local time, with the
A Philippine Air Force Lockheed C-130 carrying troops crashed and caught alight in one of the country’s southern islands on Sunday, killing at least 45 people, in the Philippines’ worst military air disaster in nearly three decades. The C-130 Hercules transport aircraft was flying from Laguindingan to Jolo carrying 92 people in total, most of
United Airlines is considering Boeing’s smallest iteration of its 737 MAX family, the MAX 7, as the eventual replacement for its ageing 737-700 jets. The possibility was revealed by United chief financial officer Gerry Laderman while speaking at the United hangar at Newark Liberty International Airport. “The -700s have certain capabilities for hot and high
Virgin Galactic has now confirmed that the British billionaire will be taking his seat aboard the next crewed spaceflight on 11 July, pending weather and technical checks.
British Airways has been fined £1.8 million over health and safety breaches, sparked by a 2018 incident in which an employee was injured after being crushed by a tug vehicle at Heathrow Airport. On 16 March 2018, a British Airways employee was hit by a tug that was pulling a train of dollies outside Terminal
