Flydubai said the reasons and motives behind an altercation in the flight deck of flight FZ 1073 were unknown and under formal investigation, after tracking data showed the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight dropped from nearly 34,000 feet to below 17,000 feet in about…
Turkish authorities seized a Boeing 737 belonging to Iran's Caspian Airlines in Istanbul over an alleged unpaid debt of 3.0 million euros, or $3.4 million, Turkish and Iranian media said Tuesday. Turkey's Anadolu news agency said the jet had finished boarding…
The US Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that a Boeing 737 MAX flight-computer software issue that delayed certification of the 737 MAX 10 is not a safety concern after a review. The problem was found in a cockpit software update and can cause an au…
A Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Lisbon was diverted to Lyon after a passenger's power bank battery caught fire, the airline said. The incident happened on September 26 on an Airbus A321-200 carrying 198 passengers. Lufthansa said the crew immediately sec…
Asian Games athletes and officials are staying on the Costa Serena cruise ship in Nagoya, Japan, as organisers use a floating hotel instead of a traditional athletes' village. The Italian-flagged ship, nearly 300 metres long and able to hold almost 4,000 peop…
Moldova said Thursday that increased drone incidents are endangering aviation security after several drones violated its airspace, forcing a brief closure, and two exploded on its territory without injuries. The defence ministry said there had been 81 breache…
Philippine bus operators pressed President Ferdinand Marcos on Tuesday to allow higher ticket prices, saying fuel costs threatened to make services unsustainable. Diesel, which powers most buses in the country, has effectively doubled since US-Israeli strikes…
Hundreds of flights at US east coast airports were canceled or delayed Monday after a construction crew accidentally cut a telecommunications line in New Jersey, US officials said. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X that an Amtrak construction crew…
International flights to and from Tehran's main airport have fallen 42 percent since a US ban on Iranian airlines took effect, according to FlightRadar24 tracking data up to Wednesday. An average of 53 daily international flights have operated to and from Ima…
Iraq will suspend flights by Iranian airlines under US sanctions from Tuesday at dawn, two Iraqi government sources told AFP on Monday. One official said Iraq would enforce the ban in line with a US Treasury decision and warned that countries that do not impl…
About 200 flights to or from the UK had been cancelled on Monday after a technical issue at the National Air Traffic Services centre in Prestwick, Scotland, aviation analytics firm Cirium said. NATS apologised and said the issue had been fixed. It said it was…
Two tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said, with two crew members reported to have minor injuries in one incident and no casualties reported in the other. UKMTO said the first tanker was co…
Drone sightings near and over Luxembourg Airport forced a temporary suspension of flight operations overnight into Saturday, affecting more than 1,800 passengers and diverting 17 inbound flights, flag-carrier Luxair said. Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden…
Danish shipping group Maersk said Friday it had ordered 26 large container vessels as part of an ongoing fleet renewal. The vessels are expected to be delivered in 2029 and 2030, the company told AFP in an email. Maersk did not disclose which shipyards would…
Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary apologised on Friday to sexual violence survivors for comparing competing airlines to “rapists” over their fares. In an online video, O'Leary said he “sincerely and unreservedly” apologised for the comment, which he made last wee…
EasyJet cabin crew in Portugal have been called to two five-day strikes in October and December to seek higher wages, their union said Thursday. The National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel said the first strike would run from October 2 to 6 and the…
China opened the 134-kilometre Pinglu Canal on Wednesday, creating a route from Nanning in Guangxi to the Gulf of Tonkin that state media said will give landlocked areas more direct access to the sea. State news agency Xinhua said goods from southwestern Chin…
Chinese architect Ma Yansong says his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, due to open on September 22, is designed to blend a futuristic form with nature and spark curiosity. The museum was founded by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and his wife, M…
The UK's Climate Change Committee said Heathrow Airport's expansion plans are not compatible with the country's legally binding climate goals under current conditions. The government advisory body said the aviation industry would have to reach net zero emissi…
The Panama Canal is planning further cuts to ship traffic from October as El Nino-linked drought strains the water supplies needed to operate the waterway. Canal authorities cut daily transits from 36 to 32 on September 4 to preserve water. A draft budget sub…
Amazon said Sunday it is pausing operations with 21 Air LLC, the company that owned a Boeing 767 cargo plane that crashed in Miami on September 6, killing five people on the ground. Kelly Nantel, an Amazon spokesperson, said the company had been supporting th…
Europe's air traffic hit a summer holiday record from July to August, despite disruption linked to the Middle East war, Eurocontrol data published Friday showed. The continent-wide aviation safety body said Europe averaged 35,959 flights a day during the peri…
Algeria said Thursday it would close its airspace to most UAE-registered civilian and military aircraft from Friday after severing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates. The Algerian defence ministry said the ban would apply to Emirati-registered…
US President Donald Trump's Qatari-donated Boeing 747 was delayed at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday after an emergency evacuation slide deployed before takeoff. Trump was preparing to fly to Dallas, Texas, for a Republican Party convention. He remained in hi…
More than 330,000 passengers were affected by two days of disruption from a UK air traffic control technical glitch, industry body Airlines UK said, as hundreds more flights were cancelled on Wednesday. Aviation analytics firm Cirium said 399 flights were can…
Flights resumed gradually in Indonesia on Tuesday after the eruption of Anak Krakatau forced major airports to close for days, halting nearly 3,000 flights and…
Ash from Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano has stranded more than 270,000 air passengers after eight airports halted operations over the weekend, the transport ministry said on Monday. Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and at least three other ai…
Traffic at the Port of Dover in southern England was flowing again around noon on Saturday after hundreds of masked anti-migrant protesters blocked roads to the terminal, briefly halting ferry traffic between Britain and France. The Port of Dover said roads h…
Air India said it fired the captain of an Airbus A320 that suddenly lost altitude on an August 4 flight from Phuket to New Delhi, after investigators said he was found non-negative for a psychoactive substance in a confirmatory test. The aircraft was carrying…
The Panama Canal may reduce daily ship crossings again if drought linked to El Nino continues, administrator Ilya Espino de Marotta told AFP after taking over the waterway on September 7. The canal, which handles about 5% of global maritime trade, has already…
South Africa’s aviation regulator is reviewing a low Airlink flyover above Cape Town stadium that sparked an international safety debate, while the airline has…
Simon Bolivar International Airport near Caracas resumed commercial flights on Tuesday after damage from the June 24 earthquakes that killed more than 6,500 people. The airport said a Conviasa flight to Mexico took off at 10:00 a.m. local time, or 1400 GMT. A…
French rail start-up Velvet said Tuesday it had won an initial licence to operate on high-speed lines currently dominated by state-owned SNCF. Velvet, launched by former SNCF executive Rachel Picard, aims to run next-generation TGV trains on four routes in we…