NEWS MH370 search nations trial long-haul plane tracking
Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia are to trial a new method of tracking planes, almost a year since a Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared. Contact with flight MH370, carrying 239 people, was…
NEWS: Irish Labour Party rejects motion to sell @airlingus – @flightcrisis
The Labour Party has unanimously passed a motion rejecting the sale of State shares in Aer Lingus. The motion was passed at the party's national convention, as its members want…
NEWS: US Military Plane makes Emergency Landing at Shannon Airport – @flightcrisis
A US military aircraft made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in the early hours of this morning. The crew of the Hercules C-130 turbo-prop plane told air traffic controllers…
NEWS New aircraft tracking system to be trialled
AUTHORITIES will trial a “world first” system with Malaysia and Indonesia that increases the tracking of aircraft over remote oceans, allowing authorities to quickly react to abnormal situations such as…
NEWS Etihad Airways sign MOU with UAE Armed Forces
Etihad Airways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UAE Armed Forces General Headquarters to provide commercial aviation training to a number of pilots, cabin attendants, loadmasters and…
NEWS Expedia increases ownership in AirAsia-Expedia joint venture
Expedia has entered into an agreement with AirAsia Berhad to purchase an additional 25% equity interest of AAE Travel, the joint venture formed between the two companies in 2011, for…
NEWS Emirates boosts services to Nairobi
Emirates will connect more people with Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, when it switches from the current Airbus A330-200 aircraft used on one of the two daily services to a larger Boeing…
NEWS Jetblue adds Florida service from Baltimore
JetBlue Airways intends to expand at Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, with twice daily service to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The new non-stop route to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood will launch in…
NEWS Expedia increases ownership in AirAsia-Expedia joint venture
Expedia has entered into an agreement with AirAsia Berhad to purchase an additional 25% equity interest of AAE Travel Pte. Ltd., the joint venture formed between the two companies in…
ALERT: Major thunderstorms in Sydney causing delays for flights
Major thunderstorms across Sydney are causing delays for flights at Sydney Airport. Some flights have been delayed by over an hour, although most are leaving and arriving between 15 to…