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Malaysian Prime Minister Visits Boeing 777 MH370 Search Base

  Malaysia’s prime minister visited the Australian search base for missing Boeing 777 flight MH370 on Thursday as a nuclear-powered submarine joined the near-four week hunt that has so far failed to find any sign of ...


Lufthansa Pilots On A Three-day Strike

  Lufthansa Pilots On A Three-day Strike. Lufthansa pilots started a three-day walkout on Wednesday in a dispute over early retirement, effectively grounding Germany’s largest airline in one of the biggest strikes to...



Etihad Alitalia Plan To Be Presented Soon

  Etihad Alitalia Plan To Be Presented Soon. Etihad Airways has finished examining Alitalia’s books and will soon present a plan to revamp the loss-making Italian airline that is likely to include demands for job cut...


Airlines Should Consider Live Data Streaming

  The aviation industry should consider technology allowing more live-streaming of flight data following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, but cost and practicalities remain major problems, IATA head Ton...



Slow Speed, Faulty Warning System Blamed In Asiana Crash

  The Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Francisco Airport in July, killing three passengers, was likely because the pilots were flying dangerously slow and a warning system that should have alerted them was inadeq...


Malaysia Releases Transcript Of Last Words From Boeing 777 -200 MH370

  The last words from the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 ER flight MH370 were a standard “Good night Malaysian three seven zero”, Malaysian authorities said, changing their account of the critical ...