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Aussie Business Leaders Favor Banning Children from Travelling in Business Class

Some of Australia's highest-profile business leaders say they'd like major airlines to ban children from traveling in business class, due to their often disruptive behavior ruining the expensive "up-market" experience. The chairman of Australian flight booking company Web J...

United and Pilots Union Agree in Principle to Extend Contract

United Continental Holdings Inc and its airline pilots union reached an agreement in principle on Friday to extend the labor contract that covers United's more than 12,000 pilots by two years, the airline said. United's contract with the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALP...

South African Airways suspends its Chief Commercial Officer

South African Airways (SAA) has taken a decision to suspend its Chief Commercial Officer, Mr Sylvain Bosc, pursuant to a forensic investigation by ENSafrica into various allegations that were received through the Deloittes Tip Offs hotline. The forensic investigation confirmed that there is substance to a tip-off allegation which suggested that: “Sylvain doctored the numbers for Abu Dhabi...

Qatar Airways Keeps Watchful Eye on Guangdong Market

Satisfied with the occupancy rate of its daily flight to and from Guangzhou, Qatar Airways is eyeing up a larger market share in the affluent Pearl River Delta region. The airline recently announced the resumption of two daily flights from Hong Kong to Doha, which will come into effect in February 2016. "The Pearl River Delta region has always been of strategic importance to us and...

Singaporean Trainee Pilot Crash Lands Plane at Golf Club in Senai, Malaysia

A light aircraft crash landed at a golf club in Senai, Kulai here. The pilot, a Singaporean, apparently lost control of the Piper Warrior PA28 aircraft at around 1:00 p.m. and crash landed into some trees at the golf course. The victim was injuries and has been sent to the Kulai Hospital for treatment. According to a source, the man was a trainee pilot who took off from the nearby Se...

Bomb Threat Forces U-Turn for Spirit Airlines Flight

A Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Minneapolis returned to the gate Thursday evening after 15 minutes in the air due to a verbal bomb threat made by a passenger, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said. The Federal Aviation Administration told CBS News the plane was brought to an isolated part of Fort Lauderdale International Airport. CBS West Palm Beach affi...

Aeroflot upgrades services in Business Class

Aeroflot has implemented upgrades to a number of services for its Business Class passengers as part of its 2015-16 winter schedule. On flights lasting more than six hours, passengers will be given luxury Salvatore Ferragamo branded amenity kits. On flights lasting over eight hours, the WCs come with complementary products by Caudalie. In ...

Lufthansa Goes On Charm Offensive With Unions

Lufthansa has invited the main three unions representing its staff to a round table discussion on job and retirement schemes, as the carrier tries to improve relations with staff after damaging strikes. The airline has asked unions representing pilots, cabin crew and ground staff to a meeting on December 2 to discuss retirement and pension schemes as well as job prospects at Lufthansa. Lufth...

Cathay Pacific Cabin Crew Union Demands 6% Pay Rise, Or Warns of Possible Action over Christmas

Travellers could face a Christmas of misery as Cathay Pacific's cabin crew union said it will consider industrial action that will cause mayhem unless they get a pay rise of 6 percent next year. The 7,200-member Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union, representing about 80 percent of the airline's flight attendants, will meet airline management on Monday to present the demand, p...

Australia-UAE air services agreement expanded

Emirates and Etihad have been granted additional traffic rights to Australia following the signing of a new air services agreement. Under the new arrangements announced on Friday Dubai-based Emirates will be able to operate 105 services to Australia each week to the four major gateways of Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, an increase of seven from the previous agreement. Meanwhile, Abu...

Cathay Pacific A330 Suffers Hydraulic Failure Before Landing at Hong Kong Airport

A Cathay Pacific Airways (CX) Airbus A330 aircraft, performing flight CX654 from Bangkok to Hong Kong with 110 passengers on board, suffered a hydraulic system failure when the plane was ready to land at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) on Thursday afternoon. The Airbus A330-300, Registration B-LBE performing flight CX654 from Bangkok was on approach to Hong Kong Airport at around 6:30 p.m...

Pakistan CAA Grounds Three Pilots

Panic gripped pilots' community when Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) grounded three PIA pilots, asking them to undergo a psycho analysis, said sources in CAA here yesterday. Sources said, as per the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) rules, psycho analysis of pilots was mandatory only at the time of induction. A pilot, on condition of not to be named, said three to four co-p...

easyJet Flight Evacuated at Manchester Airport over Bomb Claim

An easyJet flight has been evacuated at Manchester airport after a passenger claimed to have explosives in his bag. Passengers were asked to disembark after the plane's captain alerted police to the potential threat. Greater Manchester Police confirmed that the EZY1893 flight, bound for Marrakech, Morocco, was evacuated at 3:30 p.m. as security checks were carried out. Two men we...

Russia Could Cancel Flights to Other Countries Besides Egypt

Flights not only to and from Egypt, but also to several other countries could be canceled due to terrorist threats, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday. During a press conference after the APEC Summit in Manila, Medvedev said: "I cannot exclude that we may consider this issue in some cases, I mean the issue concerning flights to other countries. But...

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