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PARIS, France (AFP) — A growing number of airlines said Wednesday they were avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace for flights to the region after Tehran fired ballistic missiles against bases housing US troops in Iraq. “As a precautionary measure and following news of air strikes underway, Air France has decided to suspend until further notice all flights through Iranian and Iraqi airspace,” an Air France spokesman told AFP. Iran launched a series of missiles at […]
Hong Kong on Wednesday barred Boeing 737 MAX airliners from its airspace, the latest in a series of government bans worldwide in the wake of a deadly plane crash in Ethiopia. Despite Boeing’s assurances in the wake of the disaster, the European Union, Britain and India joined China and other countries grounding the plane or banning it from their airspace as they await the results of the crash investigation. The semi-autonomous Chinese city’s Civil Aviation […]
by Michael Tewelde in Bishoftu with Chris Stein in Addis Ababa BISHOFTU, Ethiopia (AFP) — A Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa Sunday, killing all eight crew and 149 passengers on board, including tourists, business travellers and UN staff. Ethiopia declared a national day of mourning for Monday amid a global stream of condolences for loved ones, many of whom gathered in tears at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). […]
(Eagle News) – The National Privacy Commission is alarmed regarding the data breach involving 102,209 Philippine passengers of Cathay Pacific Airways whose sensitive data information including credit card details and passport information had been breached since March this year. Cathay Airways only notified the NPC about this data breach on October 25, prompting the Commission to issue an order asking the airline company to explain why it failed to immediately or “timely notify” the government […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A new Singapore Airlines route connecting the city-state to New York goes into operation Thursday, becoming the longest commercial plane ride in the world. The journey covers a distance of 16,700 kilometers (10,400 miles) in just under 19 hours, making it the lengthiest in both distance and time. There is no economy class. The cabin is configured in only two segments: 67 business class seats and 94 premium economy seats. The […]
(Eagle News) — Padadaluhin sa imbestigasyon ng Kamara ang mga piloto at kinatawan ng Xiamen Airlines sa September 5 para pagpapaliwanagin sa naging aberya sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport, matapos sumadsad ang kanilang eroplano sa main runway ng paliparan. Sinabi ni Catanduanes Representative Cesar Sarmiento, aalamin nila sa mga ito kung ano ang naging dahilan ng pagsadsad ng eroplano na nagdulot ng perwisyo sa napakaraming pasahero. Hihingin din ng House panel ang resulta ng imbestigasyon […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A flight operated by budget airline Scoot was Thursday escorted back to Singapore by fighter jets after a passenger allegedly made a bomb threat, police and the airline said. The flight bound for Hat Yai in Thailand landed safely at the city-state’s Changi Airport at 3:23 pm (0723 GMT), said an airline statement. It had taken off from Singapore about two hours earlier, the city-state’s Straits Times newspaper reported. It was […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The passenger of a Ryanair flight from London to Malaga in southern Spain, apparently tired of waiting inside the plane on arrival, got out and sat on the wing, a witness and the airline said Wednesday. “We had been waiting around half-an-hour to get out of the plane,” Fernando del Valle, another passenger, told AFP of the incident on Monday evening. “The man calmly went to the emergency exit, pulled the […]
QUINTANA ROO, Mexico (Reuters) — The heads of global airlines are meeting in Cancun, Mexico for the general meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), with the aviation body predicting robust earnings for the sector. Forecasting a third straight year of robust earnings, IATA raised its 2017 industry profit outlook on Monday (June 05) to $31.4 billion dollars, up from a previous forecast of $29.8 billion dollars. The IATA also raised its outlook for […]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (Reuters) — North Korea’s national airline, Air Koryo has started flying a new route to Dandong, China. A video given to Reuters by North Korea’s official news agency, KCNA, which Reuters cannot independently verify, showed Air Koryo’s plane landing at Pyongyang’s Sunan Airport on Tuesday (March 28) and flight attendants greeting tourists walking out of the plane. KCNA said flights will operate twice a week – every Tuesday and Friday, between its […]
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (Reuters) — Bolivian authorities detained on Tuesday (December 6) the chief executive of airline LaMia, the owner of the plane that crashed last week in Colombia and killed nearly all of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team, prosecutors said. Gustavo Vargas, the chief executive, and two other employees of the tiny Bolivia-based charter airline were taken to a prosecutor’s office in Santa Cruz for up to eight hours of questioning before prosecutors decide if […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — A US flight was evacuated prior to takeoff when a passenger’s Galaxy Note 7 — reportedly a replacement in Samsung’s global recall — caught fire, landing the company in new controversy. Samsung has been struggling with a recall of 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 handsets due to complaints of exploding batteries, a problem the replacement phones are supposed to fix. But on Wednesday, a Southwest Airlines flight leaving Louisville, Kentucky was […]
