News about aircraft

Japan abandons $250mn black hole satellite Japan is abandoning a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar satellite it sent to study black holes, disappointed space scientists said.

28 April 2016 17:54

Drone crosses path of Aer Lingus plane over France A drone flying at more than 2,000 metres altitude came close to an Aer Lingus plane as it approached Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport.

21 April 2016 17:32

Hijacked Egyptian airliner lands in Cyprus A hijacker seized an Egyptian airliner and diverted it to Cyprus, before releasing all the passengers except four foreigners and the crew.

29 March 2016 14:56

Lucky Thai dolls 'non-human' says aviation authority Thailand's air safety body warned passengers that lucky 'child angel' dolls cannot be considered real people and must be properly stowed.

27 January 2016 15:12

Kazakhstan partners with Ukraine in military and civic aviation Kazakhstan and Ukraine have signed an agreement on cooperation in aviation.

15 October 2015 21:11

Airlines go slow on aircraft tracking Less then 10% of airlines have introduced full-time flight tracking recommended by IATA. Why is the simple process taking so long?

07 September 2015 18:00

Kazakhstan interested in Russian Eleron 3SV air drones Kazakhstan and Belarus along with other CIS countries have expressed interested in purchasing Russian air drone Eleron.

26 August 2015 20:50

Kazakhstani airline SCAT increases ticket prices by 20% Following suit of the Kazakhstan national airline Air Astana, another Kazakh airline SCAT has announced a ticket price rise.

24 August 2015 21:24

SCAT eyes 20 Russian Sukhoi Super Jet-100s Kazakhstani SCAT is to contract 20 Russian Sukhoi Super Jet-100 (SSJ-100) aircraft.

21 August 2015 18:16

New Kazakhstani low-cost airline presented A new low-cost airline Qazaq Air has been presented in Kazakhstan's Astana.

09 July 2015 15:13

Air Astana leases 7 Airbus neos Air Astana, the anchor airlines in Kazakhstan, has arranged for operational leasing of 7 Airbus planes from A320 neo family.

25 June 2015 22:41

SCAT airplane catches fire in Aktau airport SCAT airplane has caught fire in the airport of Aktau city in western Kazakhstan.

18 June 2015 16:06

Air Astana steps up cooperation with Chinese aircraft maintanence company Kazakhstan's Air Astana is enhancing cooperation with Chinese HAECO to get world-class maintenance of its aircraft.

10 June 2015 19:07

Celebration of courage and patriotism: 70th Victory Day Parade in Astana The grand 70th Victory Day parade has taken place in Astana in commemoration of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945.

08 May 2015 18:29

New Sukhoi Su-30 fighters arrive to Kazakhstan The Sukhoi Su-30, Flanker C fighter aircrafts have been delivered to the aviation base in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan from Irkutsk, Russia.

22 April 2015 20:05

Shymkent pilots built figure 70 in sky Pilots in Shymkent have built a figure of 70 in the sky.

22 April 2015 15:22

Russia to supply Su-30 Flankers to Kazakhstan Russia is starting the shipment of the The Sukhoi Su-30, Flanker C fighter aircrafts to Kazakhstan.

17 April 2015 20:56

Grand airshow awaits Astana for Victory Day The Ministry of Defense is preparing a grand air show involving both modern and WWII aircraft for the Victory Day celebrations in Kazakhstan.

30 March 2015 16:11

Fresh out of reconstruction with cracks and dents: Uralsk landing strip Landing strip in Uralsk Airport has just passed the first stage of reconstruction. But after a few months it already has cracks and dents. Who is to blame? Is there anyone to blame at all?

21 March 2015 01:22