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Governments Pledge Not To Give Up On Boeing 777 MH370 Search

  Australia, China and Malaysia pledged on Monday not to give up searching for Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH370 that disappeared almost two months ago, despite lingering questions about how to proceed and who will...


Alitalia Working On Plan To Woo Etihad

  Alitalia Airlines and its creditors are pushing to complete a proposal aimed at persuading Etihad to invest in the loss-making Italian carrier, Reuters news agency reported. One of the options under discussion envisages ...



Etihad Airways Buying Airline Stakes To Compete, Not Control

  Etihad said its strategy of buying stakes in European airlines was bringing fresh competition to the region, despite close scrutiny by regulators over whether its investments comply with European ownership rules. State-o...


Malaysia Airlines Staff Detained By Boeing 777-200 MH370 Relatives

  Angry relatives of people missing on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 held some members of the carrier’s staff for more than 10 hours in a hotel in Beijing, the airline said on Friday. The airliner vanished on March ...



Virgin Australia Plane Lands After Hijack Alert

  All passengers on board a Virgin Australia plane that landed in the Indonesian island of Bali on Friday after a hijack alert were unharmed and being taken off the aircraft, an Indonesian air force spokesman said. The ala...


Malaysia Boeing 777-200 MH370 Search May Last For Years

  The search for Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 flight MH370 is likely to drag on for years, a US military official said on Friday, as an underwater search for any trace of the plane’s wreckage off west Australia a...