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Okay Airways IOSA Certified

Tianjin-based Okay Airways (BK) has recently been certified with an International Air Transport Association (IATA)'s Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate after successfully passing the program on Nov. 18. The IOSA certification audit is an internationally recognized and accepted e...

Indonesia Says Crew Action Caused Crashed AirAsia Jet to Lose Control

Indonesian investigators said on Tuesday that crew action caused a loss of control and the stalling of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed into the Java Sea last year, killing all 162 aboard. The plane's flight control computer had a cracked solder joint that malfunctioned repeatedly, inclu...

Lufthansa Cargo to Undertake Layoffs as Part of Cost-Cutting

Lufthansa Cargo (GEC, Frankfurt Int'l) will be implementing staff layoffs as part of a EUR40 million (US$44 million) cost-cutting drive dubbed 'C-40', CEO Peter Gerber has told German business paper Handelsblatt. While he did not confirm the exact number of employees that would be affected, Gerber said redundancies would be undertaken in a socially acceptable manner - partial retire...

World's Top 10 Airlines Revealed

Air New Zealand has been named world's best airline for the third consecutive year by AirlineRatings.com. The airline won for its "award winning in-flight innovations, record-breaking financial performance, operational safety, environmental leadership and motivation of its staff," according to the Airline Excellence Awards. AirlineRatings.com is an Australia-based safety a...

EVA Orders Up to 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Two More 777-300ERs

EVA Air signed purchase agreements for up to 24 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners and two additional Boeing 777-300ERs in a signing ceremony with Boeing and GE officials in Taipei on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. All of EVA’s new aircraft will be powered by GE engines.EVA Chairman K.W. Chang, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner and GE Aviation Vice President and Ge...

Propstar takes off in New Zealand

Jetstar’s New Zealand turboprop operations have taken off with the first regional services getting underway on Tuesday morning. The Qantas-owned low-cost carrier is taking the fight up to Air New Zealand on regional services with five 50-seat Q300s. The first two routes – Auckland-Napier and Auckland-Nelson – commenced on Tuesday, with Palmerston North-Auckland, N...

Air France B772 Near St. Petersburg on Nov. 30, 2015, Engine Shut Down in Flight

An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPZ performing flight AF-128 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Beijing (China) with 269 people on board, was enroute at FL330 about 220 nm east of St. Petersburg (Russia) when the crew needed to shut an engine (GE90) down. Th e aircraft turned around to divert to St. Petersburg, drifted down and landed safely on St. Petersburg's 10R about...

IATA Lowers Long-Term Passenger Forecast

Global air travel demand is expected to soften as a result of negative developments in the world economy. IATA is now forecasting demand to reach seven billion by 2034, instead of stronger figure of 7.4 billion it forecasted earlier. The updated count is based on a 3.8 percent average annual growth rate using 2014 baseline numbers (3.3 billion), a lowered outlook from the 4.1 percent previou...

Flight Attendant Charged with Attacking Crew, U.S. Marshals

An American Airlines flight attendant who described herself as "crazy" and a "train wreck" attacked fellow crew members and U.S. marshals during a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Frankfurt, Germany, last week, according to documents filed in federal court. The complaint, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, says Joanne Snow is charged with inte...

Turkish Airlines Flight Declares Emergency After "Suspicious Mobile Phone" Found on Board

A Turkish Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Germany today after an "unclaimed mobile phone" was found on board. Flight TK1617 from Istanbul to Frankfurt was diverted to the German airport of Nuremberg after declaring an "emergency" on board. Media outlets in Turkey reported that the pilots hit the panic alarm after a derelict mobile phone was...

Emirates Flight Catering to supply business jets at Dubai South

Emirates Flight Catering plans to open a facility to supply private and business flights operating out of Dubai South. The area’s aviation district said the Emirates unit would build a facility spread across 4,800 square metres, providing in-flight catering and support services. The aviation district is part of Dubai South, a 145-square kilometre, purpose-built aerotropolis created aro...

Middle East needs better air traffic relations, Iata chief says

Countries in the Middle East must expand cooperation on air traffic management and improve safety and security standards to take advantage of surging passenger demand, as the region is expected to lead aviation growth, the International Air Transport Association chief said. “As a region, the Middle East is leading the world with passenger demand expected to expand 4.6 per cent annually fo...

Three European carriers eye stake in Croatia Airlines

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank unit tasked by the Croatian government to find a suitable partner for Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb), has located three firms willing to invest in the airline. According to EX-YU Aviation News, sources close to the privatization process told the Večernji list newspaper that the firms include Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int'l), Turkish...

Cathay Pacific settles antitrust case in Canada

Cathay Pacific Airways yesterday said it would pay C$6 million ($4.48 million) to settle an antitrust case in Canada involving its cargo operations. According to media reports in Hong Kong, the carrier made the announcement in a filing to the local stock exchange, and the settlement agreement is pending approval by the Canadian courts. The filing reportedly also said that Cathay Pacific...

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