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Malaysia Airlines pilot starts flying in the wrong direction

An investigation has been launched after a Malaysia Airlines plane took off from Auckland Airport on Christmas Day and surprised the pilot with the direction it started flying. Just eight minutes into the direct flight to Kuala Lumpur, MH132's pilot queried why his Airbus A330 was heading so...

Aeroflot announces results of Board of Directors meeting for December 2015

PJSC Aeroflot (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) announces the results of the Board of Directors meeting held on 24 December 2015 and chaired by Kirill Androsov. The meeting’s agenda included the following items: Consolidated financial results of Aeroflot Group for the first nine m...

Pobeda low-cost carrier reaches 3-million passenger landmark

Low-cost carrier Pobeda, part of the Aeroflot Group, has carried its 3 millionth passenger. The passenger was registered on a 10:50 Moscow-Sochi flight (DP 117). This landmark event was celebrated at Pobeda’s home airport of Vnukovo, Moscow. Participants included Russia’s Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vnukovo Airport Vitaly Vantsev, Chairman...

Engine problem sends Virginia-bound plane back to New York

An engine-related problem has forced a plane bound for Virginia to return to Rochester, New York. The Federal Aviation Administration says Commutair Flight 3585 declared an emergency at around 3 p.m. Friday shortly after takeoff. The plane had been headed to Washington Dulles International Airport but returned to Rochester International Airport. It landed safely. Representatives for Commu...

House Panel Dismisses Idea of Aviation Force, Bats for CISF Cover for All Airports

A proposal for a dedicated civil aviation security force to look after security affairs of the airports has been dismissed by a Parliamentary Standing Committee, but it has strongly suggested an aviation security policy for ensuring fool-proof security at airports. Arguing against a dedicated security force, it said multiple agencies were already engaged in airport security and were playing a s...

United pilots to vote on accord without 100-seater commitment

Pilots at United Airlines will vote on a contract extension in January that lacks any commitment for a 100-seat aircraft order from the carrier. The Chicago-based airline put the possibility of a small narrowbody order on the table in talks earlier this year, confirms Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) United master executive council chair captain Jay Heppner in a video post...

Is Disney still the content king with kids in-flight?

With the fourth Wizarding World of Harry Potter set to open at Universal Studios Hollywood in April, Paramount Pictures building theme parks in London and Spain and a pair of 20th Century Fox World parks recently announced for Malaysia and Dubai, it’s clear that the studios are determined to give Disneylands the world over a real run for their money in the next decade. But, when it comes to...

Gulf defence spending down as oil price falls bite

Eastern Europe has replaced the Middle East as the region with the fastest growing defence budgets, with double-digit increases in response to the Ukraine crisis according to the IHS Jane's Defence Budgets annual report. The annual report examines and forecasts defence expenditure for 104 countries and captures 99% of global defence spend. The report said that low oil prices are eating into...

At least seven dead as freighter overruns DRC runway

At least seven people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after an Airbus A310 freighter overshot the runway and struck a number of homes. The accident happened at about 16:00h local time yesterday (Thursday) when the A310 belonging to Services Air attempted to land at the city of Mbuji-Mayi’s airport in the DRC. According to officials it overshot the runway, causin...

China looks to Israel to get its civil aviation industry off the ground

Chinese sign deal with IAI to build development center in Shantou in effort to expand local aircraft manufacturing. Just a few days after the Technion broke ground on a research center in Guangdong, a second Israeli institution — Israel Aerospace Industries — announced that it, too, was establishing one in the southeastern Chinese province. The agreement signed on Tuesday in Chin...

Researchers propose tweak to three-hour rule for tarmac delays

Passenger rights activists lobbied for years for the US Department of Transportation to establish a “three-hour rule” for tarmac delays, with the goal of preventing grossly extended delays upon taxi-out or taxi-in. In this context, the rule has been unequivocally successful; long tarmac delays are down. But experts have, once again, called into question whether pass...

El Al Airlines Stock Rallies Despite Israel’s Tourism Slump

At first sight, investors have good reasons to shun El Al Israel Airlines shares. The national carrier is grappling with a slump in tourism fueled by political violence, as well as intensified competition after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government opened the market to low-cost operators in 2013. Yet the 1.46 billion-shekel ($374 million) company has a combination of factors in i...

12 Best Long-Haul Airline Seats in the Sky to Fly in 2016

Long-haul flight can be excruciating, but it doesn’t need to be. Aeronautics engineers, aircraft manufacturers, designers, and airlines have collaborated to improve the choices available, introducing cabins which could make flying long distances bearable again. Leaving out the extreme luxury of Etihad’s The Residence (which, obviously, yes, but our travel budget ha...

Airbus Gets $2.27 Billion China Southern Airline Plane Order

China Southern Airlines Co., Asia’s biggest airline by passenger numbers, said it agreed to buy 10 Airbus Group SE A330-300 aircraft valued at $2.27 billion in list prices. The planes are for delivery between 2017 and 2019, the airline said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange Wednesday.  

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