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A Year After MH17, Families Want Justice
A Year After MH17, Families Want Justice One by one, the names of the 298 passengers and crew who died aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will be read aloud by relatives, a year after the Boeing 777 was shot out of the sky ov...
Turkish Air Passenger Numbers Rise 8.5 Percent
Turkish Air Passenger Numbers Rise 8.5 Percent Turkish Airlines’ passenger numbers rose 8.5 percent in the January-June period, reaching 28.5 million people. The load factor declined one percentage point to 77.8 percent, ...
Air China Starts Third Daily Beijing-Los Angeles Service
Air China Starts Third Daily Beijing-Los Angeles Service Air China has launched the third nonstop service between Beijing and Los Angeles from July 1, 2015. This is the first time that ocean-crossing three-times daily flights f...
Five Indonesian Airports Closed Due To Volcanic Eruption
Five Indonesian Airports Closed Due To Volcanic Eruption Indonesian authorities closed five airports on Friday, including on the popular holiday islands of Bali and Lombok, because of a volcanic eruption, a spokesman for the ai...
Markets Fear Indonesia AirAsia Could Be Grounded
Markets Fear Indonesia AirAsia Could Be Grounded A move by Indonesia to enforce rules on airlines’ finances pushed shares in Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia to their biggest single-day fall as investors feared its Jakart...
Turkish Flight Diverted After ‘Bomb Threat’
Turkish Flight Diverted After ‘Bomb Threat’ A Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok made an emergency landing in New Delhi after a written bomb threat was found in a toilet on the Airbus A330 carrying 134 passengers,...
