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US carriers have been banned from overflying Syria under a tightening of FAA restrictions on operations in the region. from Airlines news
US carriers have been banned from overflying Syria under a tightening of FAA restrictions on operations in the region. from Airlines news
European air traffic control industrial action “proved to be even more disruptive in 2013 than 2012”, according to Eurocontrol’s just-published Network Manager report for 2013. from Airlines news
AirAsia group chief executive Tony Fernandes has denied that the Malaysian carrier is planning to launch a takeover offer for Japan’s Skymark Airlines. from Airlines news http://ift.tt/1qlnQjP
The shares of Skymark Airlines have soared 28% on the Tokyo stock exchange following media reports of a possible acquisition by AirAsia. from Airlines news http://ift.tt/1w334hc
PERTH: A Scoot flight from Perth to Singapore had to be turned back because of a medical emergency on Monday evening (Aug 18). A spokesman for the budget carrier said a passenger was found unconscious on board flight TZ7.
Airbus’ MSN005 developmental A350 XWB jetliner continues on the third trip of its global route-proving tour to demonstrate the aircraft’s readiness for airline operations. In this phase, the aircraft received warm welcomes in Johannesburg, South Africa; Sydney, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Santiago, Chile then flew to Sao Paulo, Brazil before returning to Toulouse, France.
An Iranian An-140 crashed near Tehran’s Mehrabad airport on Sunday morning, in an accident that is feared to have killed at least 40 people.
A United Airlines jet on its way to Brussels made an emergency landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia after a small fire aboard the Boeing 777 airliner.
A 47 year old man from the North West of England is under arrest on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat aboard a Qatar Airways flight from Doha (DOH) to Manchester (MAN) The incident came to our attention at 13:47 when @GMPolice issued the following report Chief Superintendent John O'Hare, said: "An incoming plane…