A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal – 16 years apart
In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger…
UPDATE | Searchers find black boxes of aircraft in deadly Nepal crash
Searchers on Monday found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a passenger flight that crashed on Sunday, killing at least 68 people in Nepal’s deadliest plane…
Russia’s Aeroflot bought 10 Boeing 777 from Russian bank VEB, sources say
An Irish lessor that sold 10 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to Russia’s flagship carrier Aeroflot last year was a local subsidiary of state controlled Russian development bank VEB, two sources familiar…
An Indian Woman Fighter Pilot to Make History Presenting India Abroad
Creating history, an Indian Air Force (IAF) woman fighter pilot will be part of the Indian contingent for the aerial wargames to be held on foreign land. India’s one of…
Russian October airline traffic down 25% under sanctions
Passenger numbers on Russian airlines were 25% lower in October 2022 compared with a year earlier, the Rosstat state statistics service said on Wednesday, as the industry continues to be…
Russia will deliver just half of its planned SSJ100s in 2022: report
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will deliver just 10 of a planned 19 Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jets in 2022, according to a new report by Russian newspaper Izvestiya. This…
Asia airline travel underpinned by 2023 forward bookings -industry body
A rebound in Asian airline travel is “doing well” going into 2023 based on forward bookings, Subhas Menon, director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), said on…
China’s COMAC secures 330 aircraft orders, boosts demand outlook at air show
Chinese planemaker Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) said it had secured 330 orders for its homegrown C919 narrowbody and ARJ21 regional jets, and raised its 20-year aircraft demand forecast…
INDIA | IndiGo grounds 30 aircraft due to supply disruptions
Interglobe Aviation Ltd, the operator of India’s top airline IndiGo, said on Monday it had grounded around 30 aircraft, or around 10% of its fleet, due to global supply chain…