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Global flights in chaos as top-selling Airbus jet hit by recall
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/11/2025
» HONG KONG — Airlines across the world cancelled hundreds of flights and scrambled to adjust schedules, as a major Airbus SE software glitch threatened to derail a crucial holiday travel season.
Russian drones in Polish airspace a worry for civil aviation
Published on 11/09/2025
» FRANKFURT - The incursion of Russian drones in Poland has reignited safety concerns over the vulnerability of civil air transport in Europe, aviation and insurance experts said, the latest upheaval facing airlines from escalating global conflict.
Airlines reroute flights after Israeli attack on Iran
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2024
» SYDNEY - Airlines quickly changed flight paths over Iran, diverted to alternate airports or returned planes to their departure points on Friday in response to airspace and airport closures after an Israeli attack on Iran, flight tracking data showed.
Fire at London's Luton Airport, all flights suspended
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/10/2023
» LONDON - London's Luton Airport halted all flights until midday local time on Wednesday after a fire tore through one of its car parks, causing a partial collapse.
Warning over safety as jets return
Business, Published on 16/12/2020
» SYDNEY: Regulators, insurers and experts are warning airlines to take extra care when reactivating planes left in extended storage during the Covid-19 pandemic, citing potential pilot rustiness, maintenance errors and even insect nests blocking key sensors.
Rusty pilots warned as post-pandemic flight risks soar
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2020
» SYDNEY: Regulators, insurers and experts are warning airlines to take extra care when reactivating planes left in extended storage during the Covid-19 pandemic, citing potential pilot rustiness, maintenance errors and even insect nests blocking key sensors.
The World After Covid Could Shake Up Business Flights
Business, Published on 24/11/2020
» The aviation crisis triggered by 9/11 eventually made budget carriers the undisputed leaders in leisure flights. Covid-19 could give them the keys to business travel.
No soft landing for troubled THAI
Business, Published on 18/05/2020
» The clock is ticking for loss-ridden Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) as it seeks a much-needed lifeline from the government or risks becoming another chapter in the history of national flag carriers to go bust, with the lives of about 21,000 employees hanging in the balance.
The sorry plight of the bumblebee
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/03/2020
» A welcome distraction from the Coronavirus crisis came this week from a most unlikely source. Over the wall at the back of my Bangkok abode there is a drainage ditch which also hosts a couple of trees providing welcome shade for the rear of the house. On Thursday my wife summoned me to the back of the house. She pointed at one of the trees in animated fashion -- all I could see was leaves.
ECB, UBS restrict travel, Olympics won't be cancelled: Virus update
Published on 04/03/2020
» Total coronavirus cases globally topped 93,000. surged in Iran and rose in Europe, including an official in Brussels. China reported 38 more deaths and fatalities rose to nine in the US.