17

May

Appeal so airlines eliminate single-use plastic

Paulo Mirpuri, the chief executive of Portuguese charter Hi Fly said airlines should get ahead of regulators by voluntarily eliminating single-use plastic within five years. Airlines, facing public pressure, are…

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17

May

Corporate Dispatch Friday Morning Briefing – Friday 17th May 2019

Good morning, Theresa May seems set for departure, Malta qualifies for the Eurovision final, Australia goes to the polls, Angela Merkel's political future are some of today's selection of headlines…

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16

May

Three British persons and South African die after small plane crashed near Dubai Airport

Three British persons and a South African have been killed after a small plane crashed near Dubai Airport. The UK-registered light aircraft came down after a reported technical malfunction, officials…

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16

May

Video of the Aeroflot SU1492 landing which killed 41 released

Video of the landing of the Aeroflot SU1492 which happened in Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow was doing the rounds on social media. The aircraft, caught fire after landing, leaving 41…

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14

May

Airport worker accidentally crashes van into Angela Merkel’s plane

A German airport worker accidentally crashed a van into Chancellor Angela Merkel's plane, forcing her to delay her return to Berlin. The BBC reports that a woman was driving at…

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14

May

Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing – Tuesday 14th May 2019

Good morning, Your morning briefing presents a quick review of the headlines from Malta, Europe and around the world. Start your day informed. These are the main headlines selected by…

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13

May

Air France to cut close to 500 jobs

Air France will cut 465 ground staff jobs from its domestic services as it reduces short-haul capacity under competitive pressure from low-cost rivals and high-speed trains, parent company Air France-KLM…

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12

May

Photo Story – Myanmar National Airlines successful emergency landing

Myanmar National Airlines flight UB-103 carrying 82 passengers and 7 crews on board successfully grounded after one of its landing gears failed, forcing the jet into an emergency landing without…

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12

May

Light aircraft crashes on busy road in Wales

Three people have been injured after a light aircraft smashed into a dual carriageway in front of horrified drivers in Wales today. A plume of smoke was spotted rising near…

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12

May

Malpensa Airport closed after intense hailstorm

Milan's Malpensa airport was temporary closed on Saturday after an intense hailstorm. The hailstorm hit Malpensa airport in full, around 4.30pm. Hail has accumulated on the ground and on the…

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09

May

Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing, May 9th 2019

Good morning, Your morning briefing for today, reviews the main news from Malta, Europe and the World. Start your day informed.   Cover Story On Europe Day, European Union leaders meet…

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07

May

Flight attendant shares the story on her effort to evacuate passengers from burning Aeroflot plane

A heroic flight attendant on the plane that burst into flames during a dramatic emergency landing in Moscow grabbed passengers “by the collar” and pushed them out of the aircraft…

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07

May

Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing and News Review – Tuesday 7th May 2019

Good morning Your morning briefing with a review of the headlines from Malta, Europe and around the world. Latest: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has rattled the Pacific island nation of…

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07

May

Mexican authorities find wreckage of plane in mountainous region – All 14 passengers dead

Mexican authorities have found the remains of a plane that disappeared after leaving from Las Vegas, amid reports all 14 people on board were killed. The wreckage of the plane,…

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06

May

Boxer Alvares among fourteen feared dead as authorities start investigating potential ‘airplane crash’ in Mexico –

Mexican authorities are trying to trace a plane that set off from Las Vegas but never made to it its destination, amid fears up to 14 people could be dead.…

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05

May

41 passengers die as Aeroflot plane makes emergency landing in Moscow after catching fire mid air (UPDATED)

Russia's Investigative Committee confirmed Monday that 41 people were killed after an SSJ-100 passenger plane en route to the northwestern Russian city of Murmansk caught fire before an emergency landing…

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28

Apr

170,000 passengers disrupted as SAS pilots’ strike cancels 600 flights

Scandinavian airline SAS cancelled nearly 600 flights scheduled for Sunday as a pilots' strike entered its second day, disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers. SAS pilots…

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16

Apr

Lufthansa issued profit warning resulting from rising fuel costs, excess seat capacity

Lufthansa has become the latest European airline to reveal it is suffering financial turbulence and said it would make a €336m loss for the first quarter of 2019. The German…

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12

Apr

Indian Jet Airways future in doubt…suspends all its international flights

Jet Airways, India's largest private airline, suspended all its international flights, raising fresh fears about it's survival. The airline, saddled with more than $1bn of debt, is seeking a financial…

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09

Apr

USA threatens to impose new tariffs on European products over subsidies to Airbus

The White House on Monday threatened to impose new tariffs on European products over subsidies to aerospace giant Airbus. The FT reports that the US is weighing tariffs on $11bn of…

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09

Apr

British Airways helps cancer patient fulfil wish of travelling over the equator

Laura Nuttall had just started university when a routine eye test discovered several brain tumours. Soon after the diagnosis, the 19-year-old from Lancashire began creating a bucket list with her…

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06

Apr

45 hours to move operations from Ataturk airport to Istanbul’s new airport

The last commercial passenger flight took off from Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Saturday and convoys of trucks ferried thousands of tonnes of equipment across the city to a giant new…

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04

Apr

Heavy fog delays flights in and out of Sydney

Thoroughbred racehorses walk through the water as a plane takes off in heavy fog at the International Airport in Sydney, Australia, 03 April 2019. The foggy skies have delayed at…

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03

Apr

British regional airline Flybe cancels 5 % of its flights

British regional airline Flybe said 30 individual flights (about 5 percent), were cancelled on Wednesday. The airline, which flies over 210 routes across 15 countries, said this was caused because…

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01

Apr

One of Russia’s richest women dies in plane crash

Natalia Fileva, one of Russia's richest women, died when her private plane crashed in Germany. Fileva was the major shareholder in S7, known also as Siberia Airlines, Russia's second biggest…

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31

Mar

Documents raise suspicion of bribes in Egyptair – Airbus deal

Der Spiegel reports that there are suspicions of bribery in a deal which saw Egyptair purchasing seven Airbus A330 aircraft. The report states that for Airbus, the deal signed in…

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29

Mar

Flights suspended in Sydney’s airport after smoke inside control tower forces evacuation

Sydney Airport was brought to its knees today after smoke was detected inside the air control tower. All air traffic controllers were evacuated around 11.40am (local time) and firefighters from…

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28

Mar

Iceland’s Wow Air collapses and goes out of business

Icelandic budget airline Wow Air has collapsed and gone out of business after failing to finalise an equity deal with investors.  WOW air said all passengers have been informed via…

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28

Mar

Two crashes and 350 lives later, Boeing issues changes to controversial control systems

Boeing has issued changes to controversial control systems linked to two fatal crashes of its 737 Max planes in the last five months. Boeing has vowed to do all it…

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25

Mar

Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing and Newspaper Review

Good morning, Your morning briefing provides you with the salient developments and news as reported by the main news outlets from Malta and around the world.   The Latest At least…

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24

Mar

A Mother and Daughter first – Co-Piloting a Boeing Flight

Capt. Wendy Rexon and her daughter First Officer Kelly Rexon were the pilots behind the controls of a Delta Boeing 757 during a flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta last…

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22

Mar

Breathtaking landing as Cessna attempts landing crosswind

A Cessna plane has been filmed rocking violently from side to side as it makes its landing approach at a German airport in strong winds. Footage from the ground shows…

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20

Mar

Confusion and a Prayer – The final moments of the LionAir crash audio released

As the seconds ticked by on the doomed Indonesian flight, the pilot handed the controls to his co-pilot and flipped through the pages of a technical manual, trying to figure…

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19

Mar

EasyJet withdraws bid for Alitalia

Easyjet has abandoned talks to join a consortium that would have bid for Italian carrier Alitalia. The budget airline had been considering teaming up with Italy's state-controlled railway Ferrovie dello…

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17

Mar

SlideShow – Burial Service held for victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash

A burial service for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 17 March 2019. Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 carrying…

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17

Mar

Black Box analysis show “clear similarities” between Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes – Ethiopia Minister for Transport

Analysis of Black Boxes of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight showed ‘clear similarities’ with crashed Lion Air flight the Ethiopian Transport Minister was reported saying by the Wall Street Journal.  The…

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13

Mar

USA to ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft

Trump orders all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes to be grounded after two crashes in five months The United States has grounded Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft over safety fears, raising…

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13

Mar

Norwegian Air Shuttle demands compensation from Boeing for grounded 737 MAX planes

  Low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle, will be demand financial compensation from Boeing for the grounding of its 18 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft pending an investigation into the cause…

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13

Mar

EASA suspends all flights of Boeing 737 MAX in Europe

  As a rapidly growing number of countries are grounding the new Boeing plane involved in the Ethiopian Airlines disaster or turning it back from their airspace, use of the…

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12

Mar

Boeing 737 MAX won’t be allowed to fly in Malta’s airspace as of tonight following EASA recommendation to EU member states

The aviation regulator said the airspace would be closed for Boeing 737 MAX as of 8pm tonight following a recommendation by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, MaltaToday reports. A…

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12

Mar

Two Turkish Airlines flights bound to UK forced to turn mid-air following UK decision to ban Boeing 737 Max planes

300 people who were planning to fly from the UK to Istanbul are stranded at Birmingham and Gatwick airports Two Turkish Airlines aircraft have turned around in mid-air after the…

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12

Mar

Ireland and Germany ban Boeing 737 MAX 8 from airspace – Italy expected to ground them

Ireland and Germany has announced that it is banning the flights by the BOEING 737 MAX 8 from its airspace. The two countries becomes the latest to do so after…

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12

Mar

UK’s Civil Aviation Authority bans Boeing 737 MAX 8 from UK’s airspace

The UK's Civil Aviation Authority has banned Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from the country's airspace. Malaysia,  Singapore, China and Australia, earlier on announced a ban Boeing 737 Max aircraft from flying…

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12

Mar

Third of 371 Boeing 737 Max in operation grounded

A third of the 371 Boeing 737 MAX jets in operation have been grounded. The vast majority of them, 97, fly with Chinese airlines. China is currently the aircraft's biggest…

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11

Mar

Flight forced to turn back after mother reportedly left baby at airport

A flight had to turn back to Saudi Arabia after a mother reportedly left her baby at the airport. The Independent reports that Kuala Lumpur-bound Saudia flight SV832 set off…

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11

Mar

China and airlines order grounding of Boeing 737 Max model after second tragedy

Two flights, two airlines, same fate. The trouble appeared to begin almost immediately after takeoff. The pilots told air traffic controllers that they were having technical problems. And the plane…

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10

Mar

Slideshow: The Ethiopian Airlines Tragedy

 A jetliner carrying 157 people crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ethiopian capital Sunday, killing everyone aboard, authorities said. At least 35 nationalities were among the dead. It was not…

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10

Mar

Nationalities of people on board crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max announced

The Ethiopian Airlines CEO and Kenya’s transport minister say Canadians, Chinese, Americans and others are among the many nationalities among the victims of Sunday morning’s deadly plane crash after takeoff…

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10

Mar

Plane crash kills 14 in Colombia

A plane has crashed in central Colombia killing all people on board, authorities say. The pilot of the twin-engine propeller plane reported technical problems then lost contact and crashed south-east of…

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08

Mar

MH370: Five years of theories

  On the fifth anniversary of the mysterious and tragic disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, The Guardian gives a look at the various theories…

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07

Mar

Libya-Italy discussions on resuming commercial flights

Italian Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini discussed the resumption of direct flights between Italy and Libya in a meeting with Vice-President of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Ahmed Maiteeq. In the…

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07

Mar

Appeal for serious commitment to find plane from Flight MH370

In the lead-up to the five-year anniversary on Friday of MH370’s disappearance, family members of those lost on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have asked the Malaysian government to be more…

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05

Mar

European Commission signs aviation agreement with Qatar

The European Commission and the State of Qatar initialled an aviation agreement, the first such agreement between the EU and a partner from the Gulf region. The agreement will upgrade…

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05

Mar

Brexit precautions: Ryanair moves spare parts from UK central storage to EU

Aviation.be reports that Ryanair has decided to take precautionary measures before facing a possibly hard Brexit by moving some of its spare parts from its UK central storage unit to…

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03

Mar

Malpensa airport closed for an hour after possible sighting of a drone

Malpensa airport was closed for an hour just before 7pm after the control tower of the airport received the warning of "a flying object" a few kilometers away, south of…

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03

Mar

Tripoli seeks to end European airspace ban on Libyan airlines

The Libyan Observer reported that Alan Bugeja, the EU Ambassador to Libya , held talks in Tripoli with Milad Matouq,  Libyan Minister of Transport. The talks were centered on the…

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01

Mar

On this day, 50 years ago, the first Concorde flight took off

When the misty skies cleared over southern France on the afternoon of Sunday March 2, 1969, the green light was signalled for the highly anticipated first ever flight of the Concorde.…

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