Aviation

Iran under growing pressure to hand over Ukraine jet black box

Canada and other countries whose nationals were killed in the Iranian strike on a Ukrainian civilian jet leaving Tehran have stepped up their requests for Iran to hand over the…

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Brussels Airport scraps e-passport gates

Brussels Airport is scrapping its €2.4 million electronic passport gates after less than five years - because they keep malfunctioning. The 24 gates have been condemned as "a waste of…

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Pegasus Airlines aircraft evacuated after one of wheels was on fire

A Pegasus Airlines jet was evacuated after landing at Germany's Düsseldorf Airport on Saturday when airport ground crew noticed one of its wheels was on fire, according to airport authorities.…

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Air Italy commences redundancy procedures for 1,450 employees

Air Italy's liquidators told managers on Friday that the procedure to make the airline's 1,450 employees redundant has been launched, in a conference call conducted from Olbia and Milan Malpensa…

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British Airways’ Customers in Royal Air Maroc Codeshare Agreement

British Airways and Royal Air Maroc have announced a new codeshare agreement which will open up new routes across Morocco including Casablanca and Agadir. It will also give customers more…

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Airline Transavia to introduce cabin luggage fees

Dutch holiday airline Transavia will introduce fees for some cabin luggage services from the end of March, the Dutch newspaper Telegraaf reported on Wednesday. The paper says passengers who want…

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Storm Ciara helps BA jet fly from New York to London in under five hours, smashing record

A British Airways flight propelled by a 265mph tailwind flew from New York to London in under five hours, setting a subsonic passenger jet record. The Boeing 747 landed at…

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Conflicting reports on resumption of Italy-China flights

Reuters reports that China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that Italy was willing to resume some flights between the two countries, after it suspended direct air traffic last month over…

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Photo Story: Aftermath of the fatal air accident in Turkey

Photos of the scene of the tragic air accident in Istanbul as firefighters and Pegasus Airlines crew inspect the wrecked plane after a Pegasus Airlines plane has skidded off the…

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Ryanair slapped down over ‘misleading’ green claims

The U.K. advertising watchdog on Wednesday censured a Ryanair ad campaign that claimed the Irish carrier is Europe’s “lowest emissions airline,” arguing it was “misleading.” Ryanair — famous for its bold…

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Madrid’s Barajas airport closes its airspace, drones possible cause

Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez-Barajas international airport closed its airspace on Monday, Spain’s transport ministry said in a tweet without providing details. Enaire, the parent company of Spanish airport operator AENA,…

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Pilots, flight attendants demand flights to China stop, France confirms sixth case of coronavirus infection

Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus, with American Airlines’ pilots filing a lawsuit…

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British Airways halts flights to mainland China as cases increase, Plane carrying US evacuees from China diverted to military air base

British Airways has suspended all flights to mainland China as the number of coronavirus cases in the country surpassed the SARS epidemic. The airline, which operates daily flights to Shanghai…

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Photo Story: Berlin Brandenburg Airport trial operation

The Chairman of the Management Board of Berlin Brandenburg Airport GmbH, Engelbert Luetke Daldrup poses at the check-in on the occasion of trial operation at terminal 1 of the Berlin…

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In December 2019 the average delay per flight on departure was 12.3 minutes per flight

According to Eurocontrol, in December 2019 the average delay per flight on departure was 12.3 minutes per flight. This was a decrease of 1.2 minutes per flight when compared to…

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Indian government wants to sell its entire interest in Air India

The Indian government on Monday 27 January 2020 said it is planning to sell its entire interest in Air India Ltd. The announcement follows the government's failed effort in 2018…

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Passenger plane skids off runway in Iran

An Iranian passenger plane with 150 people on board skidded off the airport runway in Iran’s Ahwaz province on Monday. The Caspian Airlines aircraft skidded off the runway at Mahshahr…

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British flight paths to be redrawn for first time in 60 years

Britain’s flight paths are set to be redrawn for the first time in 60 years as the Government warned growing congestion in the skies will add half an hour to…

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Securing Germany’s airports against drones to cost millions

Making German airports more secure against drones would require an initial investment of €30 million ($33 million) per airport, the country's Transport Ministry said on Saturday, responding to an information request by…

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Photo Story: New terminal 2 at Tocumen International Airport in Panama

Views of the recently built areas of the new Terminal 2 at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama, 22 January 2020. With a 918-million-dollar budget, and a delay of…

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Canada, Iran at odds over who should analyse downed Ukrainian plane’s black boxes

Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially angering countries which want the recorders…

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Lufthansa Group Airlines welcomed more than 145 million passengers on board in 2019

In 2019, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group carried a total of 145 million passengers on board. This represents an increase of 2.3 percent compared to the previous year. With…

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Canada says black boxes from Iran crash should be sent to France

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged Iran to send the black boxes from the passenger plane shot down by its forces to France for analysis and said the…

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Victims’ governments to press Tehran for answers for downing of Ukrainian jet

Iran is facing fresh pressure to give a full accounting of what happened to the Ukrainian Airlines plane that was shot down over its capital city last week with 176…

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Official inauguration of new passenger pier of Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport

Photos of the new passenger pier of Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport after its official inauguration in Budapest, Hungary, 15 January 2020. The new building serves passengers of the budget…

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Air transport in the Netherlands faces limits following new pollution report

Aviation in the Netherlands should only be allowed to expand if measures are taken to reduce nitrogen compound pollution, according to a government advisory committee. The committee, set up to…

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New video shows Ukrainian plane struck by two Iranian missiles

A new video has surfaced showing the moment two missiles hit a Ukrainian passenger plane over Iran's capital, Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew on board. The New York…

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Bankruptcy looms closer for British based regional airline Flybe

Flybe, Europe's biggest regional airline, was locked in survival talks on Sunday night less than a year after being bailed out by a Virgin Atlantic-led consortium. Sky News revealed that…

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Canadian officials arrive in Iran amid Flight PS752 investigation

Iran has issued eight more visas to a team of Canadian officials following a fatal plane crash near Tehran and most members of the group should be in Tehran on…

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Iran plane crash: Missile struck underneath cockpit – Ukraine

Ukraine's top security official, Oleksiy Danilov, has told the BBC that his country's investigators had already gathered evidence that a missile brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet, before Iran changed…

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Canada outlines ‘first steps’ on long road to justice for UIA Flight PS752 victims

The Iranian government's admission that its own military forces shot down flight PS752 was "an important step," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday, but it was also a "first step." There…

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Bumper year for passenger traffic at Brussels Airport

2019 was a record year for passengers at Brussels Airport. 26.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2019. Last year, Brussels Airport welcomed 26,360,003 passengers, i.e. a 2.7% increase…

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Iran says investigation into airline crash could take one to two years

Iran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner that crashed, killing all 176 people aboard, after Canada and others said the plane…

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Photo Story: Canada’s grief

Scenes from the vigil that was held for those killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed in Iran on 08 January 2020; in Toronto, Canada. The Ukrainian jet, flying…

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Iran invites Boeing to probe Ukrainian plane crash

Iran has invited Boeing to take part in the investigation into a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week at a time of soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran, killing…

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El Al plane makes emergency landing after ‘mayday’

An El Al flight on its way to Israel from Newark Airport early Friday morning made an emergency landing in Halifax after the aircraft was reported filled up with smoke,…

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Video shows moment alleged missile strikes Ukrainian aircraft

A video appears to capture the moment a missile struck a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran before it crashed, killing all 173 people on board minutes after it took off. The…

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Anger in Canada as Iran offers only limited access to its crash probe

Iran's civil aviation authority has said it's following international rules and will allow other countries to participate in its investigation of a plane crash that killed 63 Canadians. But the role Canada…

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Ukraine lists possible theories behind Iran plane crash, including missile strike

A top Ukrainian security official on Thursday set out what he said were the four main theories for why a Ukrainian airliner crashed in Iran the previous day killing 176…

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Iranian investigators say burning Ukrainian Boeing was trying to turn back before crashing

The crew of the Ukrainian plane that crashed, killing all 176 people on board, never made a radio call for help and were trying to turn back to the airport…

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Photo Story: Tributes in Kiev for Flight PS752

Flowers and a toy paper plane are seen in front of the Iranian embassy in a tribute to the airplane crash victims in Kiev, Ukraine. Many families, several young children,…

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Canada in mourning as most of Ukrainian air crash victims were heading there

Canada's prime minister has vowed his government will get answers after a passenger jet crashed in Iran, killing 176 people on board including 63 Canadians. Justin Trudeau revealed 138 passengers…

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Body of child found in Air France plane landing gear

The body of a stowaway - believed to be a child - has been discovered in the landing gear of an aircraft in Paris. Air France said the body was…

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Names of passengers, crew on board Ukrainian plane that crashed in Iran released

Among the 176 people on board of the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 that crashed shortly after taking off from the Tehran airport on Jan. 8, were 11 Ukrainian citizens,…

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Terror attack, missile hit versions ruled out in Ukrainian air crash

Ukraine's Embassy in Iran has commented on the versions of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash near Tehran airport, saying a terror attack and a missile hit have so…

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Major international airlines suspend flights through Iranian / Iraqi airspace, UIA issues emergency telephone numbers

Singapore Airlines, Air Canada, British Airways, Vietnam Airlines, Qantas, Air France and KLM flights won’t go through Iranian / Iraqi airspace until further notice. “As a precautionary measure and following…

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Iran civil aviation says will not give black box to Boeing

The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Iran's civil aviation organization has said that it will not hand over to Boeing the black box of the Ukrainian airlines flight that crashed…

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Nationalities of those on board Ukrainian airline released

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Vadym Prystaiko, said in a statement that those on board the plane included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three…

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Ukrainian president says all dead on board airliner that crashed in Iran, reports that black box has been recovered

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that all passengers and crew on board a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran have been killed, citing preliminary information. In a…

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Boeing has uncovered another potential design flaw with the 737 Max

Hundreds of 737 Max jets are sitting, grounded, as Boeing awaits approval from aviation regulators for the troubled plane to return to flight. But now, the company has discovered yet…

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Ryanair prepared for more 737 Max delays

Ryanair is prepared for further delays to the delivery of its Boeing 737 Max airliners, its chief executive Michael O'Leary told a German magazine. In the interview with Wirtschaftswoche, Mr…

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Airbus ousts Boeing as biggest plane maker

Europe's Airbus has become the world's biggest plane maker this year as its US rival Boeing struggles to get its bestselling MAX jets back in the skies. Airbus — which…

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Turkish Airlines expanding fleet, opening 4 new routes in 2020

Turkish Airlines will open four new routes in 2020 as it expands and updates its fleet, according to the chairman of Turkey's flag carrier. "We finished all procedures to launch…

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Plane crash fatalities fell more than 50% in 2019

The number of people killed in crashes of large commercial planes fell by more than 50% in 2019, according to an aviation industry study. Last year 257 fatalities were recorded,…

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Germany’s Eurowings cancels more than 170 flights due to strike

Eurowings cancelled more than 170 flights scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday due to strike action by flight attendants at its sister company Germanwings. The Lufthansa low-cost carrier published the…

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Japan Airlines to offer 50,000 free round-trip domestic flights to foreign tourists

Japan Airlines Co. has said it will launch a campaign to offer free round-trip domestic flight tickets to up to 50,000 foreign nationals who visit Japan next summer. The initiative,…

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Boeing considers suspending production of 737 Max

Boeing’s board is discussing whether to cut back or suspend production of the 737 Max passenger jet, raising the possibility that the US aircraft manufacturer will face another round of…

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