Low Flying Airplane Over Bermuda Today

A specialist survey aircraft will fly at low altitudes over Bermuda today [May 17], taking high resolution aerial photography of the island, using a camera mounted in the fuselage. As the public was advised in late March, an aerial survey of Bermuda is currently underway with the aim of providing current geographical data of the [...]

Air Canada Buys Rights To Whale Film

Bermuda’s waters and the humpback whales that pass through them will be showcased during Air Canada flights, with the airline having purchased the rights to show “Where the Whales Sing” on its flights for a two-month period. In addition, a television station in Iran has bought the rights to broadcast the film in the Middle [...]

Bermuda-Registered Jet Crashes In Russia

[Updated] At least 31 people died in a plane crash in Siberia early on today [Apr.2], Russian officials said, when a Bermuda-registered jet with 43 people aboard went down shortly after takeoff from Tyumen, a regional hub about 1,000 miles from Moscow. The plane, a French-built ATR-72 with 43 people on board, had been scheduled [...]

BA Commences Daily Summer Schedule

British Airways, the island’s only direct flight link with the UK, moves to its summer schedule this week, with daily service to London. British Airways Bermuda manager Marianne Wilcox said, “We are delighted to commence the daily service to London every day of the week over the summer season and until the end of October. [...]

New Bermuda Aerial Mapping Project

An aerial survey of Bermuda will shortly be underway with the aim of providing current geographical data of the island. The Department of Land Surveys and Registration, under the Ministry of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy, commissioned the survey, which will be conducted in two parts. The first requires a specialist survey aircraft to take [...]

Video: Iberia Airlines Flight Diverts To Bermuda

At approximately 3.45pm today [Mar.15] a Guatemalan-bound Iberia Airlines flight diverted to Bermuda after a passenger required medical care. Ambulance and Bermuda Fire Service personnel met the arriving airline, and the passenger was taken off the plane in a wheelchair, escorted into a waiting ambulance and transported to King Edward Memorial Hospital for treatment. The [...]

NASA Scientific Research Aircraft Visits

A NASA Scientific Research Aircraft was seen yesterday afternoon [Mar.3] parked at the LF Wade International Airport. The Martin B-57 Canberra was a United States-built, twin jet engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft but is believed to have been retired in 1983. The last remaining WB-57′s are assigned to the NASA Johnson Space Center as high [...]

British Airways Offers Seat Sale

British Airways is offering a seat sale for residents of Bermuda travelling to the UK between February 28th and May 21st 2012, with an average saving of $200 on the cost of a ticket to London. Bermuda Manager Marianne Wilcox said “We know that many of our customers have been waiting for this and we [...]

Air Control Could Gross $25/28 Million

If we bring our airport up to standard the Government could gross between $25 million and $28 million a year in revenue, Transport Minister Derrick Burgess said at yesterday’s [Feb.24] post-budget press conference. The Ministry of Transport has been given a budget of $79.5 million for the coming year, an increase of over $3.2 million [...]

Slideshow: RAF Planes Depart Bermuda

Scores of people lined any road close to the LF Wade International Airport’s runway to get a look at departing Royal Air Force aircraft yesterday [Feb.19]. Two separate groups of aircraft arrived on the island on February 16th, consisting of fighter type jets and larger planes. As the aircraft were departing, one jet appeared to [...]

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