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State fund to take over crisis-hit Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines will be taken over by a state investment fund under plans.
08 August 2014
Kazakhstani airline buys Sukhoi Superjet 100 airplanes
Kazakhstani airlines company Bek Air signed an agreement with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft to purchase 7 Sukhoi Superjet 100.
01 August 2014
Airbus cancels order for six A380s from Skymark
Airbus has cancelled an order for six A380 superjumbos from Skymark Airlines because the Japanese company is facing financial difficulties, French daily Les Echos reported.
29 July 2014
Plane crash-lands on US beach, killing father
A small plane crash-landed on a beach in the US state of Florida Sunday, killing a father and critically injuring his young daughter, authorities said.
28 July 2014
No Kazakhstanis among Air Algerie plane crash victims
No Kazakhstanis were on board of the Air Algerie plane that crashed in Mali.
27 July 2014
Air Algerie crash wipes out entire families
All passengers and crew on board an Air Algerie jetliner that crashed in Mali died in the tragedy, which completely wiped out several families, France announced.
26 July 2014
Wreckage of missing Algerian airliner found in Mali
The wreckage of an Air Algerie plane missing since early Thursday with 116 people on board has been found in Mali near the Burkina Faso border, an army coordinator in Burkina Faso and the French presidency said.
25 July 2014
48 killed, 10 survivors in Taiwan plane crash: airline
Taiwan's TransAsia Airways said Thursday that 48 people were killed and 10 survived when one of its turboprop passenger planes crashed after an aborted landing during stormy weather.
24 July 2014
MH17 black boxes to be sent to UK lab: Malaysia
The black boxes recovered from the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine will be sent to British aviation investigators for analysis, Malaysia has said.
23 July 2014
Air Astana conducts first flight to Ukraine since MH17 crash
Air Astana has made its first flight to Kiev since the crash of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 over Donetsk region in Ukraine.
22 July 2014
I was in the air over Ukraine when Malaysia Airlines plane crashed: Netherlands ambassador to Kazakhstan
The Ambassador said in an interview that he was in the air over Ukraine whilst the tragedy of MH17 flight was unfolding.
22 July 2014
Kazakh company reinsured downed Malaysia Airlines Boeing for $3mln
Payments of Kazakhstan-based Eurasia Insurance Company may exceed $3 million in claims over the shot down Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight.
21 July 2014
Rebels move MH17 air crash bodies as US accuses Russia
Pro-Russian militiamen in Ukraine loaded almost 200 bodies from downed flight MH17 into refrigerated train wagons on Sunday as an outraged United States pointed the finger of blame directly at Moscow and demanded it ensure full access to the crash site for international investigators.
21 July 2014
Obama calls Cameron, Merkel, Abbott
US President Barack Obama spoke by phone with the leaders of Germany, Britain and Australia to discuss how to respond to the downing of a Malaysian jetliner in eastern Ukraine.
19 July 2014
Air Astana changes routes to avoid crossing Ukrainian air space
Kazakhstani airlines company Air Astana will change the routes of some of its flights away from Ukrainian airspace.
19 July 2014
No Kazakhstan citizens on board of crashed Malaysia Airlines plane
Kazakhstan citizens were not among those killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane crash.
19 July 2014
Kazakhstan's Ministry releases statement on Malaysian Airlines plane crash
Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its deepest condolences to the families and friends of those killed in the crash of the Malaysian passenger plane.
18 July 2014
Russia reaction to jet crash 'deeply unsatisfactory': Australia PM
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Friday called Russia's response to the downing of a Malaysian Airlines jet over Ukraine "deeply, deeply unsatisfactory".
18 July 2014
US hijacker sentenced to 20 years in prison
A former Black Panther who hijacked an airplane in 1984 and diverted it to Cuba was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Miami.
18 July 2014
Malaysian jet with 295 passengers crashes in Ukraine
A Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed on Thursday in rebel-held east Ukraine, as Kiev said the jet was shot down in a "terrorist" attack.
18 July 2014