Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014, prompting an unsuccessful search for answers. The mystery of its fate endures. ADVERTISEMENT A decade ago on March 8, a Malaysia Airlines flight bound for Beijing vanished without a trace, becoming one of aviation’s biggest mysteries. Investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the … Read more
Updated Jan. 8, 2024 2:26 pm ET A burning inferno on the runway, followed four days later by a midair emergency involving a gaping hole in the side of the plane, isn’t the way the airline industry wanted to start 2024. After a fraught 2023, in which safety specialists and regulators raised alarms about mounting … Read more
Updated Jan. 6, 2024 10:31 pm ET The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a temporary grounding and immediate inspections of dozens of Boeing 737 MAX jets, after one of the planes made an emergency landing when a section of the aircraft ripped away in midair. Passengers and flight attendants described a harrowing incident during an Alaska … Read more
Updated Jan. 4, 2024 2:13 pm ET In its certification, Airbus was required to prove that its A350 aircraft can be evacuated in less than 90 seconds. In Tuesday’s collision in Japan, the last crew member escaped the aircraft after 18 minutes—but there were still no casualties. The sizable discrepancy, for the moment, represents a … Read more
Updated Dec. 3, 2023 3:53 pm ET Alaska Air reached a roughly $1 billion deal to buy Hawaiian Airlines, a combination of two nearly century-old rivals that are dwarfed by the biggest players in a time of travel upheaval. The proposed deal would unite carriers that largely serve destinations in the Pacific region and operate … Read more
The new legislation should improve flight services throughout Europe. ADVERTISEMENT Travel has been plagued by strikes and walkouts over the last couple of years, but France is looking to improve the situation for passengers. A new law has been adopted that will ensure less disruption to travellers during industrial action by French air traffic controllers. … Read more
France’s Transport Minister says he wants to open the debate on the environmental and social cost of flights. France will seek support from other EU nations for a minimum price on flights in an effort to cut the aviation sector’s carbon emissions. ADVERTISEMENT The country is aiming to “open the debate on the fair social … Read more
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France’s Transport Minister says he will propose a minimum flight price policy to the EU. France’s Transport Minister has said he will propose that the EU brings in a minimum price on flights to reduce carbon emissions. ADVERTISEMENT Clément Beaune says he wants to “fight against social and environmental dumping” and that “€10 plane tickets … Read more
Created: Aug 19, 2023 07:30 AM Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour (Photograph by Akil Simmons) New charter flights from the Dominican Republic were not the reason the government issued an order last week on visa-controlled nationals, according the Minister of Economy and Labour. He said the order was in part the consequence … Read more