Colombia’s aviation authority has opened an investigation into three airlines for failing to provide proper information about cancellation policies and the publication of misleading advertisements. The potential penalty issued by Aerocivil for each airline — Viva Colombia, Aerolínea de Antioquia (ADA), and Copa Airlines Colombia — could exceed $570,000 USD (1.7 billion Colombia pesos).
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has blamed the recent scarcity of aviation fuel on the inability of airlines to pay for product.
The number of direct routes between the U.S. and Western Europe has grown 40% since 2010, according to an analysis by Sydney-based Centre for Aviation.
Servicios Aéreos Profesionales (5S, Santo Domingo La Isabela) Chief Executive Officer Jose Miguel Patin has been detained in Miami since December 12 on charges of drug trafficking, as reported in Dominican news site Acento.
Iran said on Sunday it had negotiated to pay only about half the announced price for 80 new Boeing airliners in an order that the American planemaker had said was worth $16.6 billion.
Afghanistan's first female pilot to serve in the air force since the fall of the Taliban has applied for asylum in the United States.
Capt. Niloofar Rahmani told the Wall Street Journal: 'I would love to fly for my country — that is what I always wanted to do. But I'm scared for my life.'
The little girl – whose nationality is unknown – suffered a cardiac arrest on an Air Canada flight from Toronto, Canada, to the British capital.
An air stewardess who miraculously survived a plunge from 33,000 feet after her plane exploded in mid-air has died at the age of 66.
Vesna Vulovic was found dead by her friends in her apartment in Belgrade, according to Serbian state TV. The cause of death was not immediately known.
The twenty-first century is the century of technology and scientific knowledge with much emphasis on safety and security of all means of transportation. Why do airplane crashes still take place despite these advancements?
MED-VIEW Airline, Tuesday, expanded its West African sub region flight operations with the commencement of flight services to Monrovia Liberia and Freetown Sierra Leone via Accra Ghana.
According to preliminary reports, the Tupolev transport plane had 91 people on board, including 83 passengers and eight crew members. It went missing over the Black Sea at 2:40 GMT shortly after refueling at an airport near Sochi.
It has been projected that airlines, air travellers and aviation agencies lost about N48 billion in 2016 to operational hiccups, inadequate supply of aviation fuel and the attendant high prices.
An air traffic controller in San Diego who mistakenly routed a wide-body jet with 353 people aboard toward Mt. Wilson has been removed from her current assignment amid an investigation into the incident, The Times has learned.
An Afriqiyah Airways plane landed on the Mediterranean island with 118 people on board following a possible hijacking, Malta’s prime minister said. However, all those on board left safely after a few hours.
Hijackers of Libyan plane belonging to Afriqiyah Airways have begun allowing passengers disembark in Malta.
