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Missing Mozambican plane likely crashed: police
A Mozambican Airlines plane that went missing with 34 people on board likely crashed over inhospitable bush in northeastern Namibia, police said early Saturday as they searched for the jet.
30 November 2013
China media urges countermeasures against Japan planes
China's state media called Friday for "timely countermeasures without hesitation" if Japan violates the country's newly declared air zone, after Beijing sent fighter jets to patrol the area following defiant military overflights by Tokyo.
29 November 2013
Air Astana has no immediate plans of floating shares within People’s IPO Program
At the moment Samruk-Kazyna holds 51% in the airline, with the rest of the shares belonging to UK’s BAE SYSTEMS.
29 November 2013
China 'monitored' US B-52 air zone flights: ministry
China "monitored" US B-52 bomber flights in its newly-declared air defence identification zone, the defence ministry said Wednesday, in an assertion of its authority that stopped short of threatening direct action.
27 November 2013
Japanese airlines say will obey China's air zone rules
Japanese airlines on Tuesday said they would follow rules set by China when it declared an air control zone over the East China Sea, even as Tokyo said they should ignore them.
26 November 2013
SCAT airlines to launch Astana - Bangkok flights
SCAT airline company will launch direct flights from Astana to Bangkok on December 29.
18 November 2013
EU follows US in allowing portable electronics in-flight
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said Wednesday it will allow passengers to use a range of mobile electronic devices in flight with very few restrictions.
14 November 2013
Young Frenchman too heavy to fly will go home by ship
A young Frenchman who weighs 230 kilograms (500 pounds) and was deemed too heavy to fly on a jetliner arrived in New York Tuesday to head home by ship.
13 November 2013
Major Sudan airline grounded, blames US sanctions
A major Sudanese airline serving South Sudan and the Middle East suspended operations Sunday, blaming American sanctions, as a document confirmed German carrier Lufthansa will also end flights to Sudan.
11 November 2013
US still in talks with US Airways, American on merger
The US Department of Justice said Monday it is still in talks with US Airways and American Airlines to settle competition concerns in their proposed merger.
05 November 2013
Six Kazakhstan airlines banned from flights
Kazakhstan Ministry of Transport and Communications revoked licenses of several air carriers.
29 October 2013
Kazakhstan mulls admitting foreign companies to its domestic flights
Admission of foreign air companies to making domestic flights in Kazakhstan will decrease the air tickets costs.
21 October 2013
Kazakhstan and Belarus airlines exempt from tax on imported aircrafts
Air fares may go 15-20 percent in Russian airlines starting from January 2014, but not in Kazakhstan or Belarus ones.
30 September 2013
Transport Ministry wants Kazakhstan airlines out of EU blacklist by year end
Kazakhstan Transport and Communications Ministry is planning to remove Kazakhstan airlines from the EU blacklist by the end of the year.
04 September 2013
Delta, Virgin Atlantic near US antitrust immunity nod
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways on Friday won tentative US approval for antitrust immunity for their proposed transatlantic joint venture.
31 August 2013
Airlines vow to fight US move to block merger
Lawyers for US Airways and American Airlines voiced confidence Wednesday that they can defeat the US suit to prevent their merger, but allowed that a negotiated deal was also possible.
15 August 2013
US sues to block US Airways-American Airlines merger
The US Justice Department and several states sued Tuesday to block the $11 billion merger between American Airlines and US Airways, saying it would reduce competition and push up fares.
14 August 2013
Kazakhstan’s travel agencies and smaller airlines moving to launch a single travel coordinating body
In June due to the bankruptcy of the Turkish Sky Airlines many Kazakhstan tourists failed to come back home from Turkey. Their flights back home was arranged out of the state budget.
25 July 2013
Turkey mulls more regular flights to Kazakhstan
The aviation authorities of Kazakhstan and Turkey may increase the number of regular flights between the two countries.
25 July 2013
Prices for foreign and local charter flights compared in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies and Kazakhstan Tourist Association has compared prices for charter flights of foreign and local airlines.
23 July 2013