Airline news
Qantas A380 Blowout Plane Returns To Service
Australia’s Qantas took its repaired A380 superjumbo back to the skies on Saturday, resuming a 3,900 mile (6,300 km) journey dramatically interrupted 18 months ago when one of its engines blew up over Indonesia. After USD...
Pakistan Promises Full Probe Into Crash
Pakistani officials on Saturday promised a full investigation into the crash of a Bhoja Air domestic flight that killed 127 people, saying they were examining all possibilities, from a technical fault to the age of the Boeing 7...
Lufthansa To Pause Fleet Expansion
Lufthansa will halt fleet expansion over the next three years as part of plans to improve annual profits by over EUR€1.5 billion (USD$2 billion), according to a letter sent by a board member. Chief executive Christoph Franz h...
Airline Execs Convicted Over 2005 Crash
Three executives of defunct Cypriot airline Helios Airways, and a British engineer were each sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison on Friday for their role in Greece’s worst air crash that killed 121 people, court o...
Aircraft Crashes Near Islamabad
A Pakistani Bhoja Air plane with 131 people on board crashed in bad weather near Islamabad Airport on Friday, a civil aviation official said. The plane, which was travelling from Pakistan’s biggest city and commercial hub...
Pakistani Aircraft Crashes, 127 Dead
A Pakistani airliner with 127 people on board crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad on Friday, scattering wreckage and leaving no sign of survivors. The Boeing 737, operated by local airline Bhoja Air, was f...
