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Hainan Airlines to Deploy 787 Dreamliners on All Routes to North America

Hainan Airlines (HU) said Tuesday it will deploy Boeing 787 Dreamliners on all routes to North America in the winter schedule starting this Sunday. The Haikou-based carrier has released its capacity plans for the new flight season (Oct. 25, 2015-Mar. 26, 2016). Domestically, the carrier...

Chinese Civil Servants Can Now Opt to Fly on Spring Airlines

Chinese civil servants on official duties can now opt to fly on Spring Airlines (SC) after the budget carrier was included in the list of suppliers of air tickets for the government. The largest low-cost carrier of China announced Tuesday it is now on the government procurement list for air...

California to Dallas Flight Diverted Due to Unruly Passenger

Authorities say an unruly passenger caused an American Airlines flight from San Jose, California, to Dallas-Fort Worth to be diverted to Phoenix. Phoenix police say officers went to a gate Tuesday at Sky Harbor International Airport after Flight 2232 landed. They were told by the crew that a 26-year-old passenger appeared to be intoxicated, became disruptive and had to be restrained....

ICAO clarifies international conflict zone guidance

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) clarified the legal framework in place governing the roles and responsibilities of States, airlines and international organizations with respect to risks to civil aviation arising in national airspace. The UN specialized agency for international civil aviation has issued the explanations subsequent to a number of misinterpretations which...

Estonian Air, 9% passenger traffic increase in 9 months of 2015

Estonia's national carrier Estonian Air announced that in the first nine months of this year, it carried altogether 457,998 passengers, out of which 439,996 on regular flights The total number of passengers increased 9.0% and on regular flights 9.2% compared to the same period last year. In September 2015, Estonian Air carried 53,913 passengers, out of which 51,212 on regular flights. Th...

EASA lays out plan to prevent Germanwings crash recurrence

European safety regulators are to host an aircrew medical fitness workshop by the end of this year, as part of an action plan aimed to prevent a repetition of the Germanwings Airbus crash last March. None of the 150 occupants of the A320 survived after the first officer, alone in the cockpit, adjusted the jet’s altitude selector and placed it on a collision course with high terr...

Lufthansa cabin crew negotiations fail, strike possible

Lufthansa’s flight attendant union, UFO, has announced the latest round of talks between the airline and cabin crew workers have failed, and further strike actions could be possible. UFO, rejecting Lufthansa’s latest offer, said in a statement that elementary points such as job security were missing and negotiations “failed completely.” UFO represents around...

Almaz-Antey: Boeing 777 was shot down with 9M38 missile, launched from Zaroschenskoye settlement

On October 13th 2015 representatives of Almaz-Antey Concern held a press-conference and presented results of their experiments carried out in order to simulate the crash of Malaysian Boeing 777, which happened in July 2014 in Ukraine. The experiments carried out by Almaz-Antey proved that the Malaysian Boeing 777 was shot down by 9M38 missile, which was launched from Zaroschenskoye se...

Xiamen Airlines Has Taken Delivery of 17 Boeing 737-800s This Year

A brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft Saturday landed smoothly at Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) and joined the fleet of Xiamen Airlines (MF), which is the 17th 737-800 aircraft introduced by the airline this year. The 737-800 aircraft, Registration B-6887, is the second of the 44 all-economy 184-seat 737-800s. The Xiamen-based carrier has dry leased a 737-800 to...

Bestfly Awarded Chevron Ground Handling and Flight Support Services Contract in Angola

Bestfly, the Angola-based aviation services company has been selected by Chevron, through its subsidiary, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd. (CABGOC), to provide all ground handling and flight support services to its entire aviation related operations in Angola. The contract, which commenced in September, covers the complete Chevron fleet of four Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 aircraft, and 10 Bell Helico...

JetBlue Plane Diverted When Flaps Become Stuck

A JetBlue Airways plane headed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Worcester, Massachusetts was diverted to Boston's Logan Airport after officials say a mechanical failure caused the plane's flaps to become stuck in an upright position. The Telegram & Gazette reports several passengers aboard Flight 2020 became sick Sunday as the pilot circled for about 10 minutes trying to c...

Southwest Airlines Flight Turns Back to LAX Amid Violence on Board

A Southwest Airlines jetliner bound for San Francisco had to turn around mid-flight and go back to Los Angeles after things got violent between two passengers on board the plane. "Our initial information is that flight attendants swiftly coordinated with pilots on the flight deck to get the aircraft on the ground safely and quickly after a physical altercation by one passenger ag...

Brussels Airlines launches five new destinations next summer

Brussels Airlines adds five new destinations and many extra flight frequencies to existing destinations in the summer offer, which can already be booked as from tomorrow. Tourist attractions such as the Greek Crete and the South Spanish Jerez are added to the summer offer. With Belfast Brussels Airlines also expands her network to Northern Ireland. Tenerife and Las Palmas / Gran Canaria –...

Turkish Airlines: Traffic results January-September 2015

Traffic results for the period of January-September 2015 are as follows: • During the period of January-September 2015 passenger carried increased by 12.2%, reaching to 46.5 million passengers from 41.4 million passengers for the same period of 2014. Increases in number of passengers carried in domestic and international lines are 16.5% and 9.1%, respectively. • International Busines...

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