Air India CEO defends paying Russia to use its airspace
In a candid interview the chief executive officer of Air India, Campbell Wilson, has defended paying Russia to fly over its territory to reach international destinations. “If that’s the way…
China’s top airlines post record annual losses, outlook brighter
China’s flagship carrier Air China Ltd posted record annual losses of 38.6 billion yuan ($5.61 billion)on Thursday as the country’s now-abandoned zero-COVID policy led to a plunge in demand. Shanghai-based…
Kazakh airline says business is booming as Russia loses traffic
Kazakhstan’s flagship airline, Air Astana, is speeding up its expansion plans to take advantage of a drop in air traffic via Russia and the reopening of China, chief executive Peter…
Russian airlines’ traffic up 0.7% y/y in February
Russian airlines’ carried 0.7% more passengers in February than in the same month last year, the Rosstat state statistics service said on Wednesday. A total of 6.5 million passengers flew…
Air India’s First Airbus A321neo Is Unveiled
Air India got its first Airbus A321neo, the first of several of the type that would be added to the airline’s fleet in the coming years. The aircraft, registered as…
INCIDENT | Nepal’s aviation body suspends two controllers after flights avert mid-air collision -PTI
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has suspended two employees of the air traffic controller department for “carelessness”, the aviation body’s spokesperson Jagannath Niroula told India’s Press Trust of…
How the Boeing 737 MAX was quietly ungrounded in China
On March 10, 2019, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, registered as ET-AVJ, plunged to the ground shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia, marking…
Airbus delivers first China-built A321neo to Juneyao Air
Airbus has delivered the first Airbus A321neo to have been built on its Tianjin, China-based Final Assembly Line (FAL). The aircraft, registered as B-32DF, was handed over to China-based Juneyao…
Nepal plane makes emergency landing after ‘indication of fire’ in engine
A Shree Airlines Dash 8 turboprop made a safe emergency landing in Nepal on Thursday (Mar 9) after an “indication of fire” in one of its engines, officials said, in…