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Pakistani Pilots' Row with Management Grounds 51 Flights

Air NZ Passengers Stranded in Hong Kong

Unimpressed Air New Zealand passengers have expressed their disdain after spending the night stranded in Hong Kong's airport. Flight NZ80 was due to leave Hong Kong for Auckland at 7:00 p.m. local time (midnight Saturday New Zealand time) but after two hours of waiting onboard passengers were...

Five-Nation Treaty for Tribunal over Downed Flight MH17 Underway

Malaysia may sign a treaty with four other nations to set up an independent tribunal to try people responsible for last year's downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said a meeting was held among leaders of the fi...

New contracts give Neptune Aviation a solid base for growth

Neptune Aviation is thrilled to have four new contracts to provide firefighting jets to the U.S. Forest Service, saying the new agreements mean all of their planes will be at work next fire season.  The U.S. Forest Service has been working for the past several years to upgrade its contracted stock of propeller-driven fire tankers to newer, faster jet-powered tankers with larger capaci...

Alum, ExpressJet VP talks future of aviation

For Brad Sheehan, senior vice president of operations for ExpressJet and a 1997 graduate of Auburn University, the future of aviation is promising. Sheehan spoke to a group of Auburn students Thursday about current and future opportunities in aviation following several years of downturn in the industry. “I got an invitation to come back and talk at the school that I spent four years an...

Senate passes amendments to Civil Aviation Act

Members of the Senate, yesterday, gave their approval for amendments to the Civil Aviation Act, which seeks to increase the membership of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) Board. The Bill proposes to appoint three additional persons to serve on the board, which will bring the total to 12 up from nine. The board currently has eight appointed individuals and one ex officio member, the D...

Passenger plane carrying 10 people including three children is missing over Indonesia

Small aircraft was travelling between Masamba and Makassar on Friday  Officials confirmed contact had been lost with the DHC-6 Twin Otter plane  Plane was carrying three crew and seven passengers for one-hour flight A passenger plane carrying 10 people including three children has gone missing in Indonesia.   The country's Aviastar airline said contact had been lost...

The Disruptive Airline Concept That Puts Passengers First

Disruption is booming in the travel industry, with one notable exception: Air travel. Many would say, and have said, that air travel is broken, but can it be fixed? Can we tear it up and start fresh? Those are dangerous, blasphemous questions to ask, even if you’ve been helping the aviation industry imagine, design, and deliver a better self, practically from the beginning. At the A...

Transaero to Cease Operations, Aeroflot Deal Fails

Russian carrier Transaero has stopped selling tickets and has been set its final day of operations on December 15, according to a statement published in its Facebook page. “Upon the decision of the Government to reorganize the activities of Transaero and to ensure the transportation of our passengers, the sales of tickets for our flights has been stopped” said the statemen...

Kuwait Airways Faces Discrimination Charges from U.S. Government

The United States Government has ruled that Kuwait Airways unlawfully discriminated against at least one customer due to the fact that the person had an Israeli passport. In a report from The Associated Press, Israeli citizen Eldad Gatt filed a formal complaint to the United States Department of Transportation stating that Kuwait Airways refused to sell him a ticket for a flight from...

United, Maintenance Union Pause Contract Talks

United Airlines and its maintenance workers' union have paused talks on a new contract after American Airlines tentatively agreed to a wage increase. United said in an online message to employees that it met with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for the last two weeks and made headway on healthcare, sick time and hours of service. The message said the company offered significan...

Portugal's Competition Authority Approves TAP Sale

The sale of flag carrier TAP to a consortium led by American-Brazilian aviation tycoon David Neeleman has been approved by Portugal's competition authority. The approval came just before Portugal holds a general election on Sunday. The main opposition Socialists, who are lagging in the polls, were against the sale of TAP. The Atlantic Gateway consortium that won the privatisation is also...

Surfing in the Air

Chinese airlines are rolling out services to allow passengers to access the Internet, but concerns remain over pricing and network speeds. Are you bored with long flight without access to the Internet? This may soon be history as Chinese airlines take steps to boost their inflight Wi-Fi networks. Now passengers on some Chinese airlines' flights can send e-mail, book hotels, wat...

Search Resumes for Missing Plane in Indonesia

Indonesian authorities have resumed searching for an Aviastar airline Twin Otter turboprop aircraft with 10 people on board that went missing on Friday during a flight on Sulawesi island. The aircraft lost contact with airport authorities on a flight from the town of Masamba about 30 minutes before it was scheduled to land in Makassar city. The incident is in yet another blow to th...

Skydive Dubai Plane Runs off Runway; No Injuries Reported

An aircraft belonging to a Dubai skydiving company ran off a runway Friday while trying to land, though no one was injured, authorities said. The Dubai Media Office said the Skydive Dubai twin propeller plane had just a pilot on board when it tried to land at the company's landing strip near the Dubai Marina and the Gulf city's famous man-made Palm Jumeirah island. It said the...

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Turkish Airlines and CFM sign landmark MOU for more than 600 LEAP-1B engines

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