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Bristow Africa enter partnership with Eastern Airways

Bristow Africa has signed a partnership agreement with Eastern Airways to offer multiple daily return flights between Lagos and Port Harcourt City, ch-aviation reports. The firm announced in a statement that it would employ a pair of ex-Eastern ERJ-135s to operate up to 6 daily chartered flight...

IATA speaks out on South African visa and immigration changes

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released a statement in support of the changes made to South Africa's visa and immigration regulations. However, in spite of its support, IATA suggests a need for urgency in announcing the changes: “We urge the South African Go...

Fly like an Egyptian (with German efficiency)

Alan Dron spoke to Ralf Nagel, who aims to blend German efficiency with Middle East hospitality as he switches FlyEgypt from a charter operator to a hybrid carrier. Astonishingly, only 3% of tourists who fly to Egypt do so on board an Egyptian airliner. Captain Ralf Nagel, CEO of new Cairo-based carrier FlyEgypt, hopes to redress that imbalance, at least slightly. The airline began services i...

Lufthansa Stops Oman Operations, Airline Officials Confirm

Lufthansa officials have confirmed that the airline has stopped its operations in Muscat from October 25. Last Saturday, Times of Oman had reported that Lufthansa had ended its 35-year-long Muscat operations. However, in the news story, it was incorrectly reported that that passengers from Oman will be served by Swiss Air. According to the airline, passengers from Oman will be served...

Etihad A380 headed to Melbourne in June 2016

Etihad Airways’ flagship Airbus A380 will touch down in Melbourne in June 2016. The Victorian capital will be the airline’s second Australian port and fourth destination overall to receive A380 services, after the double decker superjumbo debuted on the Abu Dhabi-Sydney route in June 2015. The move represented a 26 per cent increase in capacity between Melbourne and Abu Dhab...

Passengers Evacuated As Crew Mistakenly Deploys Saudi Jet Slide

Passengers of a Saudia flight en route to Jordan were evacuated just before take-off after a cabin crew member opened the evacuation slide by accident. Flight 637 from the Saudi capital Riyadh to Amman was about to take off when a steward opened a door by accident, causing the evacuation slide to open. "The passengers were told to leave the aircraft and return to the airport termin...

Russian Plane Seized at Israel's Airport over Debts

A plane belonging to Russia's Yakutia Airlines has been seized at the Ben Gurion international airport in Israel's Tel Aviv over unpaid debts, the company's director general has told TASS. "The Boeing-737 is under arrest at the airport of Israel over debts," Olga Fedorova said. The flight from Tel Aviv to southern Russia's Krasnodar was detained for 28 hou...

Garuda Indonesia Reports US$51.4 Million Third Quarter Earnings

Garuda Indonesia booked a net income of US$51.4 million through the third quarter 2015, an increase of 123.4% compared to the same period last year when it incurred a loss of US$220.1 million. Garuda Indonesia President and CEO M. Arif Wibowo said in Jakarta on Friday that the Company also increased total revenue from US$2.83 billion through the third quarter 2014 to US$2.84 billion during the...

Etihad Airways Invests in Adobe to Power Digital Excellence

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced a new strategic partnership with global technology leader, Adobe. The partnership will see the roll-out of a range of world-class cloud solutions across Etihad Airways businesses and Etihad Airways Partners. The partnership is a key enabler of the aviation group's strategic vision to offer a superior digital ser...

Small Plane Crashes into Woods after Takeoff; Pilot Killed

A single-engine plane taking off from a regional airport went off a runway on Saturday morning and then crashed into nearby woods, killing the pilot, authorities said. Pilot Gary Weller, of Putnam, Connecticut, was the only person aboard the 1996 Mooney M20M, Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said. The aircraft veered to the right after takeoff from Worcester Regional Airport ...

Ultra-long Flights Make A Comeback

Ultra-long, non-stop flights are set to rule the skies again. Over the past few weeks, major airlines have announced dizzyingly long flights that will go halfway round the earth without kissing it midway. Air India will fly the over 17-hour Delhi-San Francisco route from December 2. The Maharaja was planning a non-stop on the Bengaluru-SFO route, which at 18 hours would have been the world...

Haze Spreads to Java and Halts Flights from Bandung

The National Disaster Management Body (BNPB) has explained that the haze disaster that has seriously affected many parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan, disrupting transportation and causing health problems, has started to spread to Java. "Based on the results of monitoring by Himawari Satellite, the thin haze has started to cover the air above the Java Sea and is heading to Jakarta," said...

Incident: Lufthansa B748 Near Frankfurt on Oct 24. 2015, Hydraulic Leak

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-800, registration D-ABYN performing flight LH-754 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Bangalore (India), was climbing out of Frankfurt when the crew stopped the climb at FL230, descended the aircraft to FL200, dumped fuel and returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 25C about 90 minutes after departure. The aircraft taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail...

Accident: Peruvian B733 at Cuzco on Oct 23. 2015, Right Main Gear Collapse on Landing

A Peruvian Airlines Boeing 737-300, registration OB-2040-P performing flight P9-216 from Lima to Cuzco (Peru) with 120 people on board, landed on Cuzco's runway 28 at about 11:30L (15:30Z), however, the right main gear collapsed at low speed near the end of the runway leaving the aircraft disabled on the runway. The passengers were evacuated via slides. No injuries are being reported. The a...

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Boeing and Korean Air announced that the carrier has finalized a purchase agreement for 103 aircraft spanning Boeing’s widebody and single‑aisle families. The deal includes 20 777‑9, 25 787...