Airline news
Etihad Poste Italiane Prepare Partnership
Etihad Airways and Poste Italiane are preparing a partnership after the Gulf airline makes a planned investment in Italy’s troubled flag-carrier Alitalia, a person close to the matter said. Etihad is due to sign a deal by...
Dutch Fugro To Lead Search For MH370
Dutch engineering firm Fugro will lead the search of the Indian Ocean seafloor where missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is believed to have crashed, hoping to unlock the greatest mystery in modern aviation. Australia...
Jets Escort Qatar Air Plane To Manchester Airport
British fighter jets escorted a passenger plane into Manchester airport on Tuesday after the pilot reported that a suspect device was possibly on board, police said. “An incoming plane has been escorted into the ai...
Temperature A Factor In Boeing 787 Battery Meltdown
Cold winter temperatures were a factor in the meltdown of a lithium ion battery that caused a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to make an emergency landing in Japan last year, the Asahi newspaper said, citing the conclusions of loc...
ANA Confirms USD$16.5 Bln Boeing, Airbus Deals
All Nippon Airways said on Thursday that it has ordered USD$16.5 billion worth of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The airline firmed up a deal for 40 Boeing wide-body jets, including 20 777-9X, 14 787-9 and six 777-300ER air...
Investigators Start Work At Boeing 777 MH17 Crash Site
International experts started recovery work on Friday at the Malaysia Airlines MH17 wreckage site in east Ukraine despite clashes nearby between government forces and pro-Russian rebels. The group was the largest to reac...
