The underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been suspended nearly three years after it vanished without a trace over the Indian Ocean, according to a joint statement from Chinese, Australian and Malaysian officials. The three countries had been leading the search for MH370, which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on … Read more
A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 37 people, most of them on the ground, officials say. The Boeing 747 TC-MCL aircraft operated by ACT Airlines crashed as it landed in fog at Manas airport, 25km (15 miles) north of the capital, Bishkek. At least 15 buildings … Read more
Lily, the company behind an autonomous camera drone that had amassed $34m (£27m) in pre-orders, has announced that it is shutting down. In an email to customers the start-up said it had failed to raise additional funds to start production of the drone. It promised to reimburse all pre-order customers within the next 60 days. … Read more
The Boeing Company logo is projected on a wall at the ”What’s Next?” conference in Chicago, Illino Boeing Co (BA. N) has joined a new coalition lobbying to preserve $8.7 billion in tax breaks that Washington state gave its aerospace industry in 2013, the group said. The organization, launched on Tuesday, indicates growing opposition to … Read more
Wreckage of the Airbus A320 is seen at the site of the crash, near Seyne-les-Alpes, french Alps Marc German prosecutors have decided that nobody other than pilot Andreas Lubitz could be held accountable for the crash of a Germanwings plane in March 2015, a spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office said on Monday. Co-pilot Lubitz … Read more
Africa’s largest Airline Group, Ethiopian Airlines, has ended yet another year of fast and profitable growth in 2016, highlighted by fleet and network expansion as well as significant investment in customer services in the air and on the ground. Recapping the Airline’s performance in 2016, Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, said: “2016 has … Read more
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest and fastest growing African airline will start a direct and non-stop service to Singapore by June 2017 using the ultra-modern Boeing 787. Singapore’s Changi airport is one of the major global aviation hubs with the latest airport infrastructure and one of the best hub transfer services. Singapore is also one of … Read more
A pilot who was drunk in the cockpit has been arrested shortly before take-off in Canada. Two hours after his arrest, the 37-year-old man was found to have more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his body. His plane, part of the Sunwing budget airline, later left Calgary for Cancun, Mexico, with … Read more
Listen to the lyrics of Bae (Mad Over You) (Mixed By SickBeatz)and download the mp3 track for the newly released track titled: Bae (Mad Over You) (Mixed By SickBeatz). X-Two Entertainment bring to us this brand new one from its frontline artist YPEE and he does a cover version of Runtown’s mad over you hit … Read more
All local and international airlines operating at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have resumed full operation after they suspended their activities temporarily as a result of the poor visibility posed by the harmattan, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has said. Some of the airlines that are operating at the moment are Africa World Airlines … Read more
Remember the plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people last month, including almost all of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team? Colombia’s aviation authorities asserted on Monday that errors by the pilot, airline and Bolivian regulators are to blame for the disaster. Operated by LaMia, a Bolivia-based charter outfit, the plane crashed near Medellin, on a … Read more
The flight data recorder of the Russian military airliner which crashed in the Black Sea on Sunday has been recovered, Russian officials say. It is the first “black box” to be retrieved from the Tu-154 jet, which came down with the loss of all 92 passengers and crew. The plane crashed soon after take-off from … Read more
Despite the increased travels that usually characterise festive seasons, domestic airlines are yet to witness any of such increases. The airlines say the volume of patronage of air transport has not changed significantly during the Christmas season. According to them, the numbers have been almost the same as expected for their fleets. “Patronage has not … Read more
Errors by the pilot, airline and Bolivian regulators are to blame for a plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people last month, including most of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team, Colombia aviation authorities said on Monday. The plane, operated by Bolivia-based charter company LaMia, crashed on a wooded hillside near Medellin because the pilot failed … Read more
Despite the increased travels that usually characterise festive seasons, domestic airlines are yet to witness any of such increases. The airlines say the volume of patronage of air transport has not changed significantly during the Christmas season. According to them, the numbers have been almost the same as expected for their fleets. “Patronage has not … Read more
Iran said on Sunday it had negotiated to pay only about half the announced price for 80 new Boeing (BA. N) airliners in an order that the American planemaker had said was worth $16.6 billion. Boeing and its European rival Airbus (AIR.PA) have both signed huge contracts this month to supply airliners to Iran, the … Read more
A huge search operation is continuing “round the clock” in Russia, after a Russian military plane with 92 people on board crashed into the Black Sea. Some 3,500 people on ships, jets, helicopters and submersibles are involved in the operation near Sochi. The Tu-154 plane – carrying soldiers, members of a famed army music ensemble … Read more
Domestic passengers scheduled to travel to Takoradi via Starbow Airlines were stranded yesterday as the third flight expected to take off in the evening failed to do so. The passengers, most of whom reported to the Starbow offices in the early hours of yesterday, could not hide their frustrations when they were told that their … Read more
The first people have been allowed off a hijacked Libyan jet during a stand-off at Malta International Airport. At least 65 people have been released from the domestic Afriqiyah Airways flight, which was flying from Sabah to Tripoli when it was diverted. At least one man claiming to have a hand grenade threatened to blow … Read more
A Libyan plane with 118 people on board has landed in Malta in what the island’s prime minister called a “potential hijack situation”. The Airbus A320 was on an internal flight for Afriqiyah Airways when it was diverted on Friday morning and according to Malta airport, two hijackers appear to be on board the plane … Read more