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Chinese airlines are offering discounted tickets to attract lost passengers due to the rise in fuel costs, the Chongqing Evening News reported on Nov. 10. Airlines in the country raised fuel surcharge for routes shorter than 800 kilometers from 20 yuan to 40 yuan and longer than ...
Britain's Birmingham Airport was closed on the afternoon of Nov. 19 after a light plane crashed and all flights at the airport were suspended afterwards, local media reported. A Birmingham Airport spokesman said: "Following an incident on the airport site all flights are ...
On Nov. 17, Boeing and Air China said that the initial release of Boeing's Airplane Health Management (AHM) system is now active on 40 airplanes in the airline's Next-Generation 737 fleet, providing information on the condition of airplanes during flight operations. "We are quite ...
British Airways is to start 12 services a week between Heathrow and Paris Orly to complement its flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle. The Orly flights will begin on January 10, 2011, and seats go on sale from November 16. Colm Lacy, British Airways' general manager network ...
A Qantas Airways plane was forced to return to Johannesburg on the evening of Nov. 16 after birds flew into one of its engines, the Australian airline said on Nov. 17. A Qantas spokesman said flight QF64 from Johannesburg to Sydney experienced a bird strike on one of the four ...
BOC Aviation has signed agreements for the long-term lease of three new Boeing 737-800s to Copa Airlines, marking the first time that company has worked with Panama's flag carrier, according to a press release by BOC Aviation on Nov. 18. Pedro Heilbron, Chief Executive Officer of ...
Plans for a AU$120 million expansion of Newcastle Airport are gaining momentum, with the state Planning Department issuing its requirements for the project. It includes the expansion of the terminal, a new multi-storey car park and internal roads at the Williamtown site. There ...
Air New Zealand pilots helped to avert a midair disaster that air traffic controllers failed to spot as their plane came within a few hundred feet of a light aircraft, an inquiry has found. The Air New Zealand Bombardier, carrying 31 passengers and three crew on a scheduled ...
Virgin Blue is tackling Qantas for the multi-million dollar rights to the title of the AFL's official carrier. Virgin has made a powerful pitch to the AFL to break what has been seen as the Qantas stranglehold on the rights, believed to be worth up to AU$5 million a year. Qantas, ...
Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd's Middle East airline partner Etihad Airways has been named "world's leading airline" for the second year running. Etihad received the gong at the World Travel Awards in London. The seven-year-old airline was also named "world's best first class" for the ...
The head of Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) has voiced "great disappointment" at repeated delays by Boeing in delivering its hi-tech 787 Dreamliner, a report said on Nov. 29. ANA, Japan's second largest airline after troubled Japan Airlines, is to be the launch customer for the ...
On Nov. 20, Taiwan-based EVA Airways Corp. launched a weekly direct flight service linking southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung City and Qingdao City in eastern Shandong Province. The service will operate on Saturdays. It is the first direct service between the two cities. The flight will ...
At least five people were killed on Nov. 24 when a light plane they were aboard fell down as it was taking off from the airport of Monterrey city in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, a local TV reported. The Antonov was on its way from northern Mexican state Tamaulipas, ...
A Delta Air Lines jet made an emergency landing in the Dallas area after its windshield cracked, the airline said on Nov. 19. The Boeing Co 737 was en route to Santa Ana, California, from Atlanta with 115 passengers and five or six crew members aboard when it had to put down at ...
A plane returned to Wellington International Airport shortly after take-off on the afternoon of Nov. 29 due to smoke was smelled in its cabin. Fire service, police and ambulance were called to the airport following an emergency alert about 3 p.m., central communications Inspector ...
A Delta Air Lines plane en route to Los Angeles from Atlanta was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing due to engine problems, local television reported. Fox5 News quoted aviation officials as saying Delta Flight 125, which took off from Hartsfield Jackson ...
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