Airline news
Malaysia Airlines May Cut 25 Percent Of Jobs
About a quarter of Malaysia Airlines’ 20,000 staff are likely to lose their jobs under a restructuring plan for the loss-making airline hit by two separate jet disasters this year. The restructuring plan, due to be unveil...
Thai Airways Denies 200 Pilots Have Quit
Thai Airways has denied local media reports that 200 pilots have suddenly left the company due to concerns over the carrier’s finances. Executive vice president for operations Athisak Padchuenjai told a press briefing in ...
Lufthansa Asks Pilots To Return To Talks
Lufthansa has asked the German pilots’ union VC to return to talks as the airline tries to stave off another costly strike over changes to an early retirement scheme. Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), which represents most of Luf...
Qantas, Virgin Australia Allow Smartphones On Flights
Qantas and Virgin Australia passengers can use smartphones and tablets on flights from Tuesday after the aviation regulator relaxed a ban on electronic devices on aircraft. The airlines said they would start letting passengers...
Malaysia Mourns as MH17 Bodies Finally Return Home
People across Malaysia held a minute’s silence and wore black on Friday as the country observed a day of mourning to mark the return of the first 20 bodies among its citizens killed when flight MH17 was downed last month....
Austrian Resumes Service To Eastern Ukraine
Austrian Airlines restarted flights to the eastern Ukrainian cities of Kharkov and Dnipropetrovsk on Friday that had been suspended after the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 in July. The decision came amid “close coordi...
