Reading Time: < 1 minute Icelandair is offering passengers the option of booking their next transatlantic flight through Facebook Messenger. The Facebook Messenger Stopover Bot is the newest example of the rising trend in Conversational Commerce. Available 24/7, the new bot makes it easier than ever to book an Icelandair Stopover by bringing the point of sale directly to the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Los Angeles International Airport will receive a federal grant of about $4 million for a project that reduces airport ground emissions. The city’s Board of Airport Commissioners voted to accept the Federal Aviation Administration grant as part of the Voluntary Airport Low Emissions program, created by Congress in 2004 to help airports meet emissions requirements […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair has cancelled 15 flights to and from Italy’s Bergamo airport after a cargo flight overshot the runway in the early hours, forcing its closure. Three crew members escaped unhurt when an ASL cargo aircraft arriving from Paris overshot the runway and pierced the barriers of a ring road, narrowing missing a passing motorist. Ryanair […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement have blocked road access to Heathrow Airport this morning. Acitivists reportedly chained themselves to the roundabout leading into Heathrow, blocking the M4 and stopping vehicles from driving into the airport grounds. Metropolitan Police said a number of people were arrested at the scene, and one lane of traffic […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes British Airways has completed the major makeover of 18 of the airline’s iconic Boeing 747s to give them the look and feel of their newest aircraft. Each jumbo jet now features a refreshed interior and state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment system – as well as extra seats for customers flying in Club World. The first aircraft to […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Two Indigo aircraft miraculously escaped colliding with one another over Guwahati, leaving some passengers and crew members shaken and needing medical aid. At least four passengers and two cabin crew were shaken by the near disaster, a spokesman for Indigo Airlines said. The passengers complained of giddiness while the cabin crew needed first aid. The […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Poland is in talks with Chinese investors over selling a stake in LOT Polish Airlines, Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. “LOT is our national carrier, which we are trying to save no matter the cost,” Morawiecki said. Polish national daily Rzeczpospolita earlier reported that Air China had expressed an interest in acquiring a 49 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Qantas flight from Sydney to Dubai has been turned around an hour into its trip. The aircraft’s cabin heating systems registered an error forcing the A380 to return to Sydney International Airport shortly after departing at 4pm. A Qantas spokesman said the pilots were alerted by a flashing “warning light” on the dashboard about 5pm. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A bomb threat onboard a AirAsia flight at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) forced the evacuation of passengers from the aircraft. AirAsia, in a statement today, confirmed that flight AK423 bound for Banda Acheh, Indonesia, from klia2 was grounded for security check following a disruptive guest onboard the flight. “As a precautionary measure, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner touched down in Shanghai today from Abu Dhabi on its first flight into China. The new Dreamliner features the airline’s next-generation business and economy class cabins, and will operate with 299 seats, 28 in business class and 271 in economy, the airline said in a statement. It represents a 14 […]