Man jailed in UK for hoax bomb call so he could catch flight
A French man who was running late for his flight from London to Los Angeles tried to delay it by calling police to say there
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US FAA to order inspections of jet engines after Southwest blast
The US Federal Aviation Administration said it will order inspection of about 220 aircraft engines as investigators have found that a broken fan blade touched
Manchester-Paphos flight diverted after booze-fuelled row, four women arrested in Athens
An easyJet flight from Manchester to Paphos was diverted to Athens on Friday night and the return flight delayed until Saturday after a group of
Ryanair flight escorted by fighter jets to London after ‘hoax’
Britain on Wednesday scrambled RAF Typhoon fighter jets to escort a Ryanair flight from Lithuania to Britain after a hoax security alert, the defence ministry and airline
Cypriot passengers stranded in Turkey when flight diverted (Updated)
A group of Cypriot airline passengers were stuck in Izmir, Turkey over night when their Jet2 flight was diverted there on its way from Manchester
Polish flight forced to land in Turkey stopped from flying on to Cyprus
An aircraft flying between Warsaw, Rhodes and Paphos, which made a forced landing at the Antalya airport in Turkey due to a medical emergency, was
United Airlines forced to apologise over dragged passenger (Updated)
By Alana Wise United Continental Holdings Inc shares fell as much as 4.4 per cent on Tuesday after a worldwide backlash erupted over
US resumes scheduled passenger flights to Cuba after more than 50 years
The first scheduled commercial passenger flight from the United States to Cuba in more than half a century landed on Wednesday, opening another chapter in
First U.S.-Cuba scheduled flight in decades set to depart
The first regularly scheduled commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century is set to depart on Wednesday, starting
Briton jailed for six months over drunken chaos on Cyprus flight
A “nightmare” drunk has been jailed for six months after his abusive behaviour to flight crew and passengers led to a plane being diverted, the
Thirty-hour Cobalt flight delay a headache for passengers
A FLAT tyre appears to have been the cause of delays up to 30 hours for passengers on Cypriot carrier Cobalt’s flight CO620 from Stansted
Court rejects UK professor’s testimony in hijacker case
Nicosia District Court on Thursday refused to hear evidence from a Cambridge University professor in defence of Seif Eddin Mustafa, the Egyptian hijacker fighting an
Ryanair flight from Paphos delayed by flock of birds
A Ryanair flight from Paphos to Krakow in Poland was delayed on Sunday morning after a flock of birds flew into the engine. The flight
Flight aborted after ‘suspicious’ note found
An Aegean airline flight about to depart from Larnaca to London on Sunday afternoon was cancelled after the crew found a note written by a
Bomb hoax aboard flight to the north – reports
Three passengers on board the Turkish airline Pegasus on a flight from Istanbul to Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north were arrested on Sunday evening
Court dismisses Malaysia Airlines’ bid to strike out MH370 suit
A Malaysian court on Wednesday dismissed a bid by national flag carrier Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) to throw out a suit filed by relatives of
Passenger scare delays Russian plane in Thailand
A Moscow-bound flight with 369 passengers on board was grounded temporarily at Phuket airport in southern Thailand on Sunday after a passenger refused to fly,
Flight recorders badly damaged in Russia plane crash, passengers who missed flight talk to Russian media (Update 1)
By Jack Stubbs The flight recorders from a passenger jet which crashed in southern Russia killing all 62 people on board are badly damaged and
Air France CEO says suspicious device on flight AF463 “false alarm” (Update 4)
By James Regan and Joseph Akwiri A suspicious device found on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that prompted an emergency landing was
‘Airport six’ expected to be sent packing later Tuesday
The six French passport holders detained at Larnaca airport since Saturday are expected to depart to France on Tuesday afternoon, police spokesman Andreas Angelides said.