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Egypt sends submarine in search of EgyptAir box recorders

Egypt deployed a submarine on Sunday to hunt for the black box flight recorders of the EgyptAir plane that crashed in some of the deepest waters of the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said. Ships scouring the sea north of Alexandria for three days have fo...

With commercial airlines soaring, why have some private jet start-ups failed?

The nation's commercial airlines are reporting soaring profit margins and enough revenue to invest billions of dollars in new planes, airport lounges and even designer-made employee uniforms. So why hasn't that success extended to the fleet of private jet start-ups that launched in t...

Ryanair is being accused of breaching bribery laws with its 'Brexit special' promotion

Vote Leave has lodged a complaint with the police about a Ryanair promotion that the pro-Brexit campaign claims is in breach of bribery laws, according to The Guardian. Ryanair's "Brexit Special" promotion offers British expats the chance to fly back to the UK on the day or the day before the referendum, June 23, for a discount price, starting at €19.99. "This a...

Spiders on a plane: 2 tarantulas roam Air Transat flight

Catherine Moreau was watching a movie on her iPad on a flight to Montreal when she felt what she thought was a wire brushing against her. "I brushed [it] away and it started tickling me again. That's when I noticed the tarantula," Moreau told CBC News. "I hit it to get it off me before it bit." Now Moreau is asking Air Transat for a partial&nbs...

What It's Really Like to Be a Pilot

As told to Arielle Pardes Dina* had been fascinated by airplanes since she was a little girl. So she went to an aviation college and graduated with a degree in aviation business. She then worked for a firm that designed master plans for airports, and although she liked the industry, the desk job wasn't for her. She applied to be a flight attendant and loved everything about it — from...

Adria Tehnika and easyJet Sign Cooperation Agreement

Adria Tehnika has signed a cooperation agreement with British airline easyJet. The agreement has been concluded for two years and covers works in the passenger cabin – reconfiguration of the cabin from 180 to 186 seats, the installation of a new galley and new lavatories. The aircraft will be worked on one after another during the winter timetable in the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons. Ther...

France has tightened Paris airport security since attacks

French authorities have tightened security at Paris airports since last year's attacks in the city with thousands of border police officers, custom personnel, soldiers and private guards patrolling daily in the three airports serving the French capital. In addition to thousands of police, army and customs members, some 5,000 security guards working for private contractors are assigned...

What’s wrong with Europe’s rules on passengers’ rights?

You know those conversations where you do a double-take about what the other person has just said? I had that experience this week, when listening to a senior executive of a leading UK airline. It is neither fair nor relevant to say which carrier. That’s partly because the remark was little more than an aside, and partly because I suspect what he said applies equally to other airlines....

EgyptAir flight MS804 crash: 'Debris found'

An EgyptAir flight carrying 56 passengers and ten crew has disappeared Flight MS804 left Paris Charles de Gaulle for Cairo at 11.09pm Wednesday, and lost contact with radar at 00.45 GMT - ten miles after entering Egyptian air space Egyptian aviation officials say the plane 'crashed' and that a search for debris is underway A terror attack is the most likely cause of the cras...

EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo crashes with 66 on board, officials say

An EgyptAir flight traveling to Cairo from Paris crashed early Thursday with 66 passengers and crew members on board, Egyptian aviation officials said. Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said it was too early to say whether a technical issue or a terror attack had cause the plane to crash. He told reporters at Cairo airport, “We cannot rule anything out.” Flight 804, an Airbus...

EgyptAir says flight from Paris to Cairo missing with 66 on board

An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo went missing on Thursday, disappearing from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt's national airline said. Officials with the airline and the Egyptian civil aviation department told Reuters they believed the Airbus A320 probably crashed into the sea. Aboard the flight were 30 Egyptians, 15 French nationa...

Thousands of British holidaymakers are having their flights cancelled

Hundreds of flights to, from and over France have been cancelled ahead of another strike by air-traffic controllers, affecting thousands of British passengers flying to, from or over French airspace. The stoppage is part of a nationwide strike in protest at new labour laws that reduce workers’ rights. France has the busiest skies in Europe. Around 60 per cent of easyJet’s entire fli...

Emirates needs as many as 500 new pilots this year

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, will need to hire as many as 500 new pilots this fiscal year in order to keep up with its expansion plans, a senior company executive said on Tuesday. The recruitment plan comes as Emirates takes delivery of 36 new wide-body aircraft in the 12 months to March 31, 2017. It also plans to launch new routes to Asia and the world’s lon...

Mid-air emergencies over France

Two short-haul flights have declared on-board emergencies in the air above France. A Ryanair flight from Liverpool to Spain and a Germanwings flight from Dusseldorf to Faro have both been redirected. Both planes have been redirected to Bordeaux airport after declaring on-board emergencies. A spokesman for Ryanair confirmed that the emergency is not terrorism-related, adding that the fligh...

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