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Some Paris Flights Cut As Air Traffic Controllers Strike
A day of disruption was expected on Thursday as air traffic controllers in France and across Europe went on strike over cost cuts and pan-European safety rules. France’s DGAC authority asked airlines operating serv...
Japan 787 Battery Investigators Look At Latest Incident
Japanese investigators probing a lithium-ion battery meltdown on a Boeing 787 a year ago are looking at a battery that overheated on a Dreamliner in Tokyo this month to help unlock the cause of the earlier fire, an offic...
Firefighter Says Not To Blame For Asiana Passenger Death
A San Francisco firefighter who responded to the crash of an Asiana Airlines plane last year has accused her department of falsely blaming her for the accidental death of a teenage girl who was lying on the runway near t...
Emirates To Move To New Dubai Airport After 2020
Emirates is expected to move all of its operations to Dubai’s new Al Maktoum Airport after 2020, a senior executive at Al Maktoum said on Tuesday. Major international carriers, including Emirates, have so far not i...
Flights Cancelled As Winter Storm Hits US South
A rare blast of snow, sleet and ice hit the US South on Tuesday, prompting airlines to cancel flights and emergency officials to warn of icy roads. The southern cold snap is part of an arctic front that has put much of t...
VietJetAir To Sign USD$9 Bln Airbus Order Next Month
Vietnamese carrier VietJetAir said it would sign a USD$9 billion order for up to 92 Airbus aircraft next month as it seeks to tap into Southeast Asia’s fast growing low-cost market dominated by AirAsia and Lion Air...
