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Indonesia to Inspect Airbus A320 Planes Following AirAsia Crash Investigation

Fire in Baggage Loader Delays Sea-Tac Flight

A Virgin America flight bound from Seattle to Los Angeles was delayed Thursday after the loader used to move baggage onto the plane caught fire. Port of Seattle spokesman Peter McGraw said airport fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze on the ground-baggage loader. There were no injuries and n...

Air India's US$4.5 Billion Bailout Fails to Avert Grounded 787s

Air India Ltd., the state-run carrier that has survived on a 300 billion-rupee (US$4.5 billion) taxpayer-funded bailout, is struggling to pay for spare parts forcing it to ground two Boeing Co. Dreamliners. The aircraft were not operational for about 10 months each as worldwide demand for pa...

Virgin Galactic to Hurl Rockets to Space from Boeing 747 Jet

Richard Branson is finding a new use for an old Virgin Atlantic jumbo jetliner: to fling rockets to orbit. Virgin Galactic, the commercial space company founded by the billionaire, plans to send small rockets inflight from the Boeing 747-400 nicknamed "Cosmic Girl" that it purchased from Branson's airline. Branson is among the entrepreneurs vying to shake up the US$6 billion co...

Transport Canada Grounds Buffalo Airways

Transport Canada (TC) says it has suspended the Air Operators Certificate (AOC) of Buffalo Aurways (J4, Yellowknife) with effect from November 30 citing the airline's poor safety record. "Transport Canada takes its aviation safety oversight role very seriously and expects every air operator to fully comply with aviation safety regulations," the regulatory body said. "Whe...

Saudi Customs Demands Declarations Over $16,000

The General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) has ordered all domestic and international airlines operating in the country to make it mandatory for passengers to declare jewelry, precious metals and cash over SR60,000 in their possession, with invoices or other documentation as proof of value. GACA said the Kingdom has regulations in place for passengers to fill in forms to declare these item...

NTSB: Autopilot Trouble Reported Before Double-Fatal Orlando Plane Crash

In last moments before his plane nose-dived into an Orlando lake, Robert Stimmel frantically asked an air-traffic controller for help. His autopilot won't disengage. He's heading into classified airspace. The plane started porpoising, using full power going up and then down. In a last-ditch effort, an unidentified voice on the radio tells Stimmel to flip his master power switch....

Cathay Pacific Announces 4% Salary Increment for Majority of Eligible Hong Kong Staff

Cathay Pacific Airways today announced a 4% salary increment for the majority of eligible Hong Kong-based ground staff and cabin crew for 2016. The airline also confirmed it will give a discretionary bonus payment for 2015, based on one month’s salary, which will be paid to eligible staff in their December salary payment. Staff on a lower salary band will receive a higher increment than s...

Latvia Backs AirBaltic Cash Injection

Latvia's parliament has backed an EUR€80 million (USD$85 million) cash injection for AirBaltic, removing a potential hurdle for the state-owned flag carrier to complete the purchase of Bombardier CSeries aircraft. The green light follows a government decision to prevent the state-owned airline separately importing jets from Russia's Sukhoi, a possibility that had threatened to put...

Spring Airlines orders 60 A320neos

Spring Airlines has signed an order for 60 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. The Chinese low-cost carrier says in a stock exchange statement that the order will be split between 45 A320neos and 15 A321neos, in a deal valued at $6.3 billion at list prices. No engine selection was specified, and the order remains subject to approval by the Chinese government. Spring indicates that delivery of...

Wizz Air Continues Expansion In Fyrom

Wizz Air announced further growth to its low fare route network from FYROM with three new Skopje services. WIZZ will connect Skopje with Berlin Schoenefeld from 21 March 2016, while the new Skopje services to Copenhagen and Bratislava will commence in 22 and 28 March, respectively. Each new route will operate two times a week. Bratislava and Copenhagen, the capitals and econom...

Bangkok Airways remains unaffected from Category 2 rating

Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated the outcome from aviation safety assessment of Civil Aviation Administration of Thailand (CAAT) in October 2015 has been assigned to Category 2 which cause Thailand’s carriers to be able to continue existing service to the United States, but unable...

S7 Airlines developed a new fare system

S7 Airlines, a member of the oneworld® global aviation alliance®, announces launching a new flexible fare system. Now a passenger has an opportunity to choose, what he/she will need in his/her trip, and pay only for those services, which he/she is going to use. The new fare system includes four fare groups – Economy Basic, Economy Flex, Business Basic and Business Flex. Diffe...

Aeroflot Named Best Company for Business Travelers

Aeroflot was named the winner of Brand Awards in the nomination The Best Company for Business Travelers at the gala event in Moscow hosted by Fashion Events agency. Aeroflot is the winner of this award not for the first time. The carrier is a premium airline with a modern aircraft fleet which is among the youngest in the world. More th...

Aviation Industry in Southeast Asia Looks to Recover from Latest Blows

Southeast Asia's aviation sector sought to recover from a new blow to its reputation Wednesday after the U.S. regulator downgraded its safety rating on Thailand's air-travel industry and AirAsia Bhd. faced questions about its practices a day after Indonesian investigators released findings on a crash last year that killed 162 people. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration cut Thailand...

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