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China Eastern to buy 80 Boeing 737s
US aerospace giant Boeing said Friday that China Eastern Airlines has agreed to buy 80 737 aircraft, its biggest single-aisle purchase to date by a Chinese airline.
14 June 2014
Flight MH370 families get $50,000 in first payouts
Malaysia Airlines' insurer has begun paying the families of passengers onboard Flight MH370 $50,000 each in initial compensation three months after the jet disappeared, a government official said
13 June 2014
Emirates cancels order for 70 Airbus planes: firm
Emirates airline announced on Wednesday that it had cancelled an order for 70 long-haul A350 planes from European manufacturer Airbus.
11 June 2014
Kazakhstan is not getting low-cost airlines any time soon: Ministry of Transport
Low-cost airlines are not likely to emerge in Kazakhstan until there is intense competition between airports of nearby cities.
07 June 2014
Ministry of Transport explains high costs of domestic flights in Kazakhstan
The Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan has responded to complaints about costliness of domestic flights air tickets.
07 June 2014
LATAM Airlines crews threaten strike on eve of World Cup
Maintenance crews at LATAM Airlines, the region's biggest carrier, threatened Wednesday a 48-hour strike that could delay flights on the first days of the World Cup in Brazil.
05 June 2014
Singapore Airlines plane veers off Yangon runway, no injuries
A Singapore Airlines plane skidded off the runway on touching down during heavy rain at Myanmar's Yangon International Airport, but no injuries were reported, the carrier said.
22 May 2014
Japan budget carrier cancels flights due to pilot shortage
Japanese low cost carrier Vanilla Air said Friday it will cancel scores of flights in June because it does not have enough pilots to fly them.
16 May 2014
China's Shandong Airlines orders 50 Boeing planes for $4.6 bn
Shandong Airlines, one of China's smaller carriers, said it has agreed to buy 50 passenger planes from US manufacturer Boeing for $4.6 billion, in another sign of the country's growing demand for air travel.
22 April 2014
Kazakhstan and Turkey agree on 16 additional flights
The Kazakhstan Transport Ministry has arranged for 16 additional flights a week to Turkey for the summer season.
21 April 2014
Survey finds majority of Malaysians distrust govt on MH370
More than half of Malaysians believe their government is hiding information about missing flight MH370, according to survey results released by a news portal.
14 April 2014
Civil Aviation Committee launches a comprehensive inspection of SCAT airline
April 7, 2014 a Boeing 737 operated by SCAT made an emergency landing at the airport of Astana. January 29, 2013, a CRJ 200 operated by SCAT, crashed 5 kilometers away from Almaty.
08 April 2014
Lufthansa flights to return to normal Saturday: CEO
German airline Lufthansa, which is currently battling the biggest strike in its history, expects normal services to be up and running on Saturday, its chief executive said.
03 April 2014
Brake failure in Astana airport, aircraft smoking on runway
Brake system has failed Scat's Boeing-757 during landing at Astana airport.
01 April 2014
Pilots' strike grounds Lufthansa
Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, said Monday it will be forced to cancel most of its flights later this week, grounding as many as 425,000 passengers, due to a pilots' strike.
01 April 2014
Malaysia corrects last words from Flight MH370
Malaysia's civil aviation department said late Monday the last words spoken by one of pilots of missing Flight MH370 were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero", and not the more casual "All right, good night" originally reported.
01 April 2014
Undersea volcanoes, huge seas complicate MH370 search
Searchers racing to find flight MH370's "black box" face daunting hurdles ranging from undersea volcanoes to mountainous seas as they operate in one of Earth's most remote locations.
26 March 2014
Two objects spotted possibly related to MH370: Australia
Two objects possibly related to the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been sighted, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday in a potential breakthrough.
20 March 2014
Why didn't missing jet passengers use their cellphones?
In the age of smartphones and social media, one question surrounding the disappearance of the Malaysian airliner is why none of the passengers tried to contact relatives, as they did during the 9/11 attacks.
19 March 2014
Air Arabia launches Sharjah-Shymkent flight
Airline company Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest low-cost carrier, has launched the flight Sharjah-Shymkent on March 16.
17 March 2014