カテゴリー: Airline industry
Industry hopes China’s reopening might bring wider benefits for travellers with more airfare price competitionGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChinese airlines are ramping up flights to Australia as Covid restric…
Search for Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared with 239 people on board should resume now that new equipment and data is available, expert saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government shoul…
WSJ sources suggest black box recorders from Boeing 737-800 indicate intentional input from cockpitA China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March, killing 132 people, appears to have been intentionally flown into the mountainside below by someone…
Change to border restrictions marks first step in welcoming international visitors back to country after two years“Hello & kia ora & g’day & welcome” a sign waved at Auckland’s international airport said on Wednesday morning as Australian t…
Human remains found at the remote crash site as work continues to discover why the China Eastern Boeing 737 crashed, killing 132 peopleThe cockpit voice recorder from a plane which crashed into a Chinese mountainside with 132 people onboard is being an…
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…
The ‘unspecified breach’ in Frankfurt led to 150 other employees being quarantined for three weeks under Hong Kong’s strict rulesSee all our coronavirus coverageCathay Pacific Airways has sacked three cargo pilots for becoming infected with Covid-19 du…
Months after Mohadese Mirzaee became Afghanistan’s first female commercial airline pilot, the Taliban took Kabul. Now a refugee in Bulgaria, she is determined to fly againSitting alone in her small flat in Bulgaria, Mohadese Mirzaee contemplates the fu…
Same group founded airline in 1932 before it was nationalised in 1953 and since fell into heavy debtIndia’s oldest and largest conglomerate, Tata Sons, will take over the country’s debt-laden national carrier Air India.Its winning bid of 180bn rupees (…
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…
Deal agreed during Joe Biden’s trip to Brussels as White House seeks to focus on threat posed by ChinaA five-year ceasefire in the long-running US-EU trade war over subsidies to aircraft makers has been agreed during Joe Biden’s visit to Brussels, as t…
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…
Airline becomes first in Japan to make move as part of commitment to tackle gender-based discriminationJapan Airlines is replacing “ladies and gentlemen” in its in-flight and airport announcements with gender-neutral expressions, beginning in October.T…
Tourists could fly into new site near Wanaka by the end of the decade if the airport’s approval is granted International tourists could fly into a fifth New Zealand destination by the end of the decade, with plans afoot to build a second airport near S…