A Merpati airlines turboprop crashed into the water in fog and rain, less than half a mile from its intended runway in Kaimana, an eastern province. All 27 people aboard were killed and so far only 15...
The Gujarat government has sharply reduced tax on aeroplane fuel for flights operating within the state to encourage intra-state aviation. Value-added tax on Aviation Turbine Fuel was cut from 30% to ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing a Florida man who offered to buy all the stock in Eastman Kodak and AMR Corp, parent of American Airlines, in March. The SEC alleges that Allen Weintrau...
The Indian civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi has stated that Air India will reinstate pilots sacked after starting the strike. The striking pilots maintain that all they need to come back to work i...
Two auditors that were fired by Boeing for leaking information about Boeing’s compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (Sox) to the press have failed in their bid to claim whistleblowing protection as an appeal...
Commenting on the discovery of the black box recorder of the Air France Airbus aircraft that crashed into the sea off Brazil, Tom Enders, Airbus president and CEO said: "We are excited by the news and...
The US DoJ yesterday confirmed that it has approved Southwest Airlines’ acquisition of AirTran Airways, clearing the way for a closing date of 2nd May 2011. DOJ’s antitrust division said in a statemen...
Arab Air Carriers Organization Secretary General Abdul Wahab Teffaha yesterday directly challenged the Association of European Airlines Secretary General Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus’s assertion made earl...
The Air Transport Association, having scored concessions in other areas, said yesterday that it would not oppose new US rules meant to protect fliers from misleading advertising, lost luggage or invol...
The Commerce Commission has dropped charges against six Air New Zealand executives as it prepares to take nine airlines to court for allegedly working as a cartel to inflate air cargo charges. Althoug...
A pilot has been arrested for using forged documents to acquire a pilot transport license on Wednesday. This is the latest arrest in an ongoing investigation into a fake pilot racket in India. Captain...
Airline passengers in the US will now be entitled to $1,300 when they are forced to give up their seat on an overbooked flight, a 63% increase on the current rules. New Federal rules from the US Trans...
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