Airline news
Boeing 737 MAX Gets Milestone Order from Aviation Capital Group
Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today an order by Aviation Capital Group (ACG) for 60 737 MAX airplanes. ACG’s order, consisting of 50 737 MAX 8s and 10 737 MAX 9s, was finalized in December 2012. The 737 MAX has now accumula...
Kenya Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing
A Kenya Airways plane with 56 passengers on board made an emergency landing in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, after an engine caught fire. The Cairo-bound Boeing 737-700 took off from Khartoum after a scheduled stopover...
Faulty Brakes May Be To Blame In Russian Plane Crash
Faulty brakes may be to blame for the Red Wings airliner sliding off the runway and crashing onto a highway near Moscow, killing five people, a member of the crash investigation team said. Investigators said they were ex...
Qatar Air Files Claim Over New Airport
Qatar Airways said it was filing a USD$600 million legal claim against a contractor for a delay in opening a new airport in Doha. Lindner Depa Interiors, a German-Dubai joint venture, holds a USD$250 million contract to ...
Four Dead In Russian Airliner Crash Landing
The Red Wings Tu-204 involved in the fatal crash. A Russian airliner flying without passengers broke into pieces after it slid off the runway and crashed onto a highway outside Moscow upon landing on Saturday, killing fo...
Saudi Awards Qatar, Gulf Air Local Licenses
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Civil Aviation has awarded carrier licenses to Gulf Air and Qatar Airways, the Saudi state news agency reported on Friday, the first foreign airlines to win such a license in th...
