Airline news
Airbus Terminates Sale Of Six A380s To Skymark
Airbus has terminated an agreement to deliver six A380s to Skymark Airlines after the Japanese discount carrier struggled to raise enough cash to pay instalments on the aircraft. In a briefing in Tokyo before Airbus̵...
Emirates To Avoid Iraq Airspace
Emirates said on Monday it will avoid Iraqi airspace, as the government in Baghdad struggles to contain Islamic insurgents who have captured vast areas of the country. After Malaysia Airlines MH17 was downed earlier this...
Australia To Send Force from 100 Extra Police To Ukraine
Australia will send 100 additional police and some military personnel to Europe to join a planned Dutch-led international security force to secure the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on...
Air Algerie Plane Wreckage Found In Mali, 116 Dead
Authorities have located the wreckage of an Air Algerie flight after it crashed in northern Mali carrying 116 passengers and crew, nearly half of them French, en route from Burkina Faso to Algeria. Regional aviation officials s...
Australia Ready To Send Police To Guard Malaysian Boeing 777 MH17 Crash Site
Australia is ready to send police to Ukraine as part of an international team to secure the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site and has dispatched 50 officers to London on standby. Abbott said that he had spoken to Ukraini...
Russia Says Will Cooperate With Dutch Leading Malaysian Boeing 777 MH17 Probe
Russia will cooperate with the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and is satisfied that the Netherlands, rather than Ukraine, is leading the effort, the country’s ambassador to Malaysia said o...
