JAL 516: Witness Accounts Reveal More Details About The Crash
A Japan Airlines (JAL) Flight 516 plane carrying 379 people had a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. Despite the plane catching fire, all aboard the…
Jetstar Japan Cancels Flights Amid Crew Shortage and Strike
On Sunday, Jetstar Japan Co, a budget airline, had to cancel two domestic flights, a round-trip service between Narita and Fukuoka airports, due to an inability to secure the necessary…
China aircraft monitored US, France, Canada, Japan navy drill – media
China deployed a reconnaissance aircraft over Pacific waters east of Taiwan last week that Chinese media said monitored and gathered intelligence on an exercise involving the navies of the United…
Two planes collided on the ground, causing runway closure at Haneda airport
Two planes collided on the ground at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Saturday, June 10, 2023. The collision occurred at approximately 11:00 a.m. local time on a taxiway near the airport’s…
Virgin Orbit bankruptcy casts shadow over Japan’s space dreams
The bankruptcy filing by Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc has dealt a blow to Japan’s hopes of building a domestic space industry, with plans for a Kyushu-based spaceport designed…
Japan weighs defence exports
Japan’s joint fighter jet project with the UK and Italy will take centre stage at a defence show near here this week, as the country bolsters its defence ties with…
Japan Airlines Airbus A350 diverts twice due to missed airport curfew
A Japan Airlines flight from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) had to divert twice when the flight missed Fukuoka’s airport curfew by minutes. Flight JL331 was scheduled…
End of Japan COVID curbs triggers surge in visitors to near 1 mln in November
Visitor arrivals to Japan jumped to nearly 1 million in November, the first full month after the country scrapped COVID-19 curbs that effectively halted tourism for more than two years,…
Japanese budget carrier Peach cancels flights over aircraft delivery delays
Japan’s Peach Aviation, a low-cost arm of ANA Holdings, said it had cancelled 92 domestic flights between Dec 27 and Jan 13 as supply chain issues delay the delivery of…