ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national airline said on Thursday (Jan 16) that an advertisement showing a plane heading toward the Eiffel Tower was never intended to evoke the memories of the Sep 11 attacks. The illustration, not in video format, shows a plane superimposed over the French flag and tilted toward the Paris landmark, with the words … Read more
SINGAPORE: Twelve flights have been diverted from Changi Airport since Friday evening (Jan 10) after a monsoon surge led to prolonged rain in Singapore. The flights, operated by various airlines, were from destinations including Bangkok, Jakarta, Phuket and Shanghai, said Changi Airport Group (CAG) on Monday in response to CNA’s queries. They were diverted to regional … Read more
WHAT IS SINGAPORE’S POSITION? Singapore has ratified and passed into its own legislation ICAO regulations pertaining to tackling in-flight theft, said aviation law experts. These are spelled out in the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, also known as the 1963 Tokyo Convention. The National University of Singapore’s law school … Read more
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Monday once again blamed Russian officials for the plane crash that killed 38 people on Christmas Day and called for them to be punished. “I can say with confidence that the blame for the fact that Azerbaijani citizens died in this disaster lies with the representatives of the Russian Federation,” … Read more
South Korea’s worst aviation disaster in decades also was the year’s deadliest plane crash worldwide, and time is running out on 2024. A Boeing 737-800 plane operated by South Korean budget airline Jeju Air came down with its front landing gear closed and struck a concrete fence on Sunday (Dec 29) at Muan International Airport … Read more
South Korea’s Transport Ministry said the plane was a 15-year-old Boeing 737-800 jet that was traveling from Bangkok and that the crash happened at just after 9 a.m. local time. Emergency workers pulled two people, both crew members, to safety, authorities said. Health officials said they are conscious and not in life-threatening condition. The pilot … Read more
The U.S. has seen “some early indications” of possible Russian involvement in the Christmas Day crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that killed 38, according to the White House. American officials “have seen some early indications that would certainly point to the possibility that this jet was brought down by Russian air defense systems,” White … Read more
Several airline companies suspended flights to Russia following the deadly crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane Wednesday, as suspicions grow that the aircraft was brought down by Russian air defenses. Azerbaijan Airlines announced it will suspend flights to 10 Russian cities — Mineralnye Vody, Sochi, Volgograd, Ufa, Samara, Grozny, Makhachkala, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, and Vladikavkaz … Read more
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and victims of Azerbaijan Airlines flight J28243,” NATO spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah said in a post on X on Thursday. “We wish those injured in the crash a speedy recovery and call for a full investigation.” The Kremlin has cautioned against drawing any premature conclusions, and Kremlin spokesperson … Read more
That’s setting off alarm bells in airline lobby groups and in the tourism ministries of sunny European countries that rely on airborne tourist traffic. “For a politician to say we’re doing this in the interest of the environment … that’s complete bullshit. That’s lying,” Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association airline lobby, … Read more
