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Airlines Introduce Two-Person Cockpit Rules
Airlines Introduce Two-Person Cockpit Rules Airlines are changing rules to require a second crew member in the cockpit at all times, hours after French prosecutors suggested a co-pilot who locked himself himself in the c...
Etihad May Sell Aer Lingus Stake
Etihad May Sell Aer Lingus Stake Etihad Airways’ chief executive James Hogan has indicated that the airline would be willing to sell its stake in Aer Lingus if the Irish government backs the offer made by IAG, the Financi...
Search Begins For Clues To Germanwings Crash
Search Begins For Clues To Germanwings Crash French investigators will sift through wreckage on Wednesday for clues into why Germanwings flight 4U 9525 crashed into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 people on board includ...
Germanwings Plane Crashes, 150 Feared Dead
Germanwings Plane Crashes, 150 Feared Dead An Airbus operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday, with all 150 on board feared dead. Germanwings confirme...
Ethiopian Pilot Who Hijacked Plane Gets 20 Year Sentence
Ethiopian Pilot Who Hijacked Plane Gets 20 Year Sentence An Ethiopian court has sentenced an Ethiopian Airlines pilot to 19 years and six months in prison for hijacking his own plane and flying it to Geneva. The high court in A...
Lufthansa Pilot Strike Spreads To Long-Haul
Lufthansa Pilot Strike Spreads To Long-Haul Lufthansa pilots started a walkout on the airline’s long-haul flights on Thursday, the second of three days of strike action, aiming to pressure management in a row over early r...