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JAL 787 Returns To Boston After Mechanical Alert
A Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner plane operated by Japan Airlines Co Ltd returned to Boston’s Logan International Airport on Thursday after a mechanical indicator alert came on. “The pilot decided to turn back out of an...
Hungarians To Launch New Airline In August
Three Hungarian businessmen backed by Middle East investors plan to launch a new Budapest-based full-service airline to plug a market gap left by the collapse of flag carrier Malev last year. Solyom (Falcon) Hungarian Airways e...
Heathrow Submits ‘Quicker, Cheaper’ Third Runway Plans
Heathrow bosses outlined plans for a third runway at London’s main airport, describing them as cheaper and quicker to build than rival proposals. Heathrow is submitting its plans to a government commission looking ...
JAT Agrees Marketing Alliance With Air Berlin
Serbia’s loss-making JAT Airways has secured a marketing alliance with Air Berlin to share route codes, the two companies said on Wednesday. The deal with Air Berlin, which is 29.21 percent owned by Etihad, increas...
JAL 777 Turns Back To Tokyo With Hydraulic Leak
A San Francisco-bound Boeing 777 operated by Japan Airlines turned back to Tokyo on Monday after its crew detected a leak in the hydraulic system that controls its flaps, the carrier said. The incident came three days af...
UK 787 Fire Probe Looking At Honeywell Part
British investigators said a transmitter made by Honeywell was one of several components that may have caused a fire on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at London Heathrow airport last week. “We can confirm that Honeywell h...
