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Lufthansa CEO Faces Tough Test After Germanwings Crash

Lufthansa CEO Faces Tough Test After Germanwings Crash After an already troubled first year as chief executive of Lufthansa, Carsten Spohr must now deal with the aftermath of the Germanwings disaster whilst making the airline g...


Australia Imposes Cockpit Rule Of Two

Australia Imposes Cockpit Rule Of Two The Australian government has imposed a requirement that its airlines have two crew members in the cockpit at all times as a safety precaution following the Germanwings crash last week. Aus...



Lufthansa Backs Down On Two-Crew Cockpit Rule

  Lufthansa Backs Down On Two-Crew Cockpit Rule Lufthansa will introduce new rules requiring two crew members in cockpits at all times, a swift reversal after its chief executive said such a change was not needed despite t...


Air Canada Plane Landed Short, Hit Antennas

Air Canada Plane Landed Short, Hit Antennas An Air Canada plane that suffered heavy damage in an accident in the east coast city of Halifax on Sunday landed short of the runway and hit an antenna array, losing its landing gear,...



British Airways Frequent Flyer Accounts Hacked

British Airways Frequent Flyer Accounts Hacked British Airways said tens of thousands of its frequent flyer accounts had been hacked and that it had frozen those affected to sort the problem out. The airline said no personal in...


Co-pilot Appears To Have Crashed Plane Deliberately

  Co-pilot Appears To Have Crashed Plane Deliberately The co-pilot of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 people aboard appears to have brought the plane down deliberately, the Marseill...