カテゴリー: Air transport
Searchers find flight data recorder buried 1.5 metres underground by impact, after earlier recovering cockpit voice recorderBoth flight recorders or “black boxes” have been recovered from the crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed all 132 …
Footage posted online appears to show the aftermath of the crashed Chinese airliner in the southern province of Guangxi. The Boeing 737 plane went down in the countryside near Wuzhou city, causing a mountain fire with 132 people said to be onboard. The…
State media reports that China Eastern 737 went down near city of Wuzhou, sparking mountainside fireA passenger plane carrying 132 people has crashed in southern China and sparked a mountainside fire, Chinese authorities have reported.The China Eastern…
Accusations of staff breaching Covid rules latest in troubled few years for Hong Kong flag carrierCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs Omicron spread to at least 50 people in Hong Kong last week the government looked to one pl…
Borders to open after 18 months of Covid restrictions that did ‘catastrophic damage’ to tourism sectorCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBusinesses in Thailand have urged the government to lift restrictions on alcohol sales as …
Pakistan will become first country to restart commercial flights to Afghanistan since Taliban took over countryPakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume commercial flights next week from Islamabad to Kabul, a spokesperson confirmed, becoming th…
Flights stopped as the Taliban seized control, but numbers are back up and the vast majority of aircraft are now militaryKabul airport’s air traffic now seems to be at a stable level due to an increase in military aircraft evacuating people, new Guardi…
Regional hub in New Plymouth – built on land seized from Māori in 1960 – is up against the likes of New York’s LaGuardia for Unesco’s Prix Versailles A tiny regional airport in New Zealand that weaves a Māori story of love and longing into its architec…
NZ government carves NSW out of trans-Tasman bubble for 48 hours from midnight Thursday NZ timeGreater Sydney and NSW Covid restrictionsCovid NSW hotspotsNew Zealand will pause quarantine-free travel from New South Wales from midnight Thursday (NZST), …
Heathrow refuses more incoming flights ahead of Covid red list bar starting early Friday for most travellers from IndiaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAirlines have attempted to lay on extra flights to cope with passengers h…
Calls to separate passengers come amid fears that Covid variants could spread in airport arrivals halls Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters have urged Heathrow airport to dedicate a terminal to processing passengers ar…
Jacinda Ardern says cleaner was fully vaccinated and ‘all signs point’ to case having no connection to Australian arrivals Joy, actually: happy reunions fill Auckland airport as trans-Tasman bubble beginsA New Zealand airport worker has tested positive…
Emotional scenes in arrivals hall as hundreds of travellers touch down on first day of quarantine-free travel from AustraliaLove in a travel bubble: Australia and New Zealand embrace quarantine-free flights – in picturesLisa Tetai warned her son not to…
Media reports say onboard incident left steward with broken hand and captain a chipped toothChina’s aviation regulator is investigating a reported fistfight between the captain and chief steward onboard a domestic passenger flight last month.The Civil …
Sir Jonathan Porritt says there is ‘no going back’ to tourism as it was pre-Covid and that flying is a privilege not a rightAir New Zealand’s chief environmental adviser has said he is in favour of increasing the price of flights to New Zealand and “pu…