World

This should make you a more confident airline passenger

When it comes to air transport, an emergency can quickly turn into a crisis situation. Be it severe weather, a security threat or a cyber attack. How does the industry prepare for a crisis?

25 January 2017

World

How to become an air traffic controller

Eurocontrol is launching a recruitment campaign for the Upper Area Control Centre in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

25 January 2017

World

Life as an air traffic controller

A professional air traffic controller describes life at the Upper Area Control Centre in Maastricht.

25 January 2017

World

Forget the crisis, air transport is booming

Air traffic in 2015 recorded an increase of 4.7% over the previous year.

23 January 2017

USA

Computer glitch causes big delays at US airports

A computer system glitch has caused big delays at customs and border control at US airports

3 January 2017

Germany

Lufthansa group hit by wave of industrial action

In Germany, cabin crew at Lufthansa’s low-cost carrier Eurowings have gone on strike forcing dozens of flight cancellations.

22 November 2016

Germany

TUIFly scraps Friday flights as staff massively call in sick

Some German media are calling the action a wildcat strike, amid plans for a partial merger of the carrier with Air Berlin.

6 October 2016

Italy

Unions ground Alitalia flights from Rome's Fiumicino airport

More than 150 flights to and from Rome’s international Fiumicino airport were cancelled on Thursday (September 22) because of strike action.

22 September 2016

Turkey

Qatar Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Istanbul

Flames can be seen shooting from A330's port engine

18 August 2016

Spain

Holidaymakers stranded by delays and cancellations at Barcelona airport

The big summer holiday getaway has literally failed to get off the ground for thousands of people at Barcelona airport.

2 July 2016

No Comment

Solar Impulse lands in Spain after Atlantic crossing

A solar-powered airplane lands in Spain on Thursday morning (June 23) after its trans-Atlantic flight on the latest leg of its globe-circling voyage.

23 June 2016

World News

Direct US-Cuba flights could resume in the autumn

The first direct flights between the US and Cuba in more than 50 years could begin this autumn (2016).

11 June 2016

Venezuela

Lufthansa and Latam to suspend flights to Venezuela

German airline Lufthansa and Latin American carrier Latam plan to suspend flights to Venezuela due to its worsening economic situation.

29 May 2016

No Comment

World's largest plane lands in Australia

This is the world’s biggest plane touching down in Australia for the first time. Thousands of people turned out in Perth to see the landing. The

17 May 2016

Turkey

EU Commission calls for Schengen zone visa-free travel for Turks

As expected the European Commission, in a wide-ranging press conference to outline major changes to immigration, asylum and refugee policy, is

4 May 2016

Germany

Strike causes major disruption at German airports

There is bad news for air passengers in Germany, with strike action causing major disruption at airports. Lufthansa was set to cancel almost 900

27 April 2016

United Kingdom

Drone hits plane landing at Heathrow

It had to happen, and now it has. After several near-misses and warnings from pilots and plane companies, a drone has hit a passenger jet trying to

18 April 2016

Iran

Air France resumes direct Paris-Tehran route after tempestuous build-up

After a tempestuous build-up, the first direct Air France Paris-Tehran flight in eight years has safely landed in the Iranian capital. Air France has

17 April 2016

Iran

Direct flights resume between Paris and Tehran

Connection has been suspended since 2008

17 April 2016

Belgium

Belgian PM slams Brussels airport disruption as "irresponsible"

Stranded passengers have voiced anger over protest action by air traffic controllers

13 April 2016