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Thailand-Moscow chartered plane crashes in Afghanistan
Published on 21/01/2024
» Afghan authorities said a private plane carrying six people crashed in the northern part of the country, and a rescue team has been dispatched to the site.
Southeast Asia travel is catching up at last as Covid curbs ease
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/04/2022
» Southeast Asia is finally, tentatively throwing off the shackles of Covid-19 and reopening for travel, with airlines filling an increasing number of seats as holiday-starved masses arrange overseas vacations for the first time in two years.
Vietnam targets phased resumption of flights from January
Reuters, Published on 05/11/2021
» HANOI: Vietnam plans to restart international commercial flights with 15 countries from January next year, its aviation authority said on Friday, eyeing a full resumption by July.
Grounded planes at risk of damage as Asia's storm season arrives
Reuters, Published on 03/06/2020
» SYDNEY/TAIPEI: Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region's tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of aircraft grounded by the coronavirus pandemic can't be moved easily.
Hong Kong airport runway incident under investigation
Published on 24/05/2020
» The aviation authority is investigating a runway incident at Hong Kong International Airport where a cargo jet had to pull back from landing to avoid a potential collision with a commercial airliner with no passengers that was still taking off.
US may become hub of outbreak: Virus Update
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/03/2020
» The euro zone economy is sinking as countries toughen containment efforts, implementing strict stay-at-home policies even as China prepared to lift its lockdown in Wuhan, the city at the center of the original outbreak.
Italy tests lockdown; global cases near 110,000: Virus update
Published on 09/03/2020
» Italy started its first working day after a government decree sought to curb movement within the country’s financial hub. Germany plans to boost investment to help its economy and the Trump administration is drafting measures to blunt the economic fallout from the outbreak.
China travel bans spread despite WHO advice
Published on 01/02/2020
» Governments and airlines worldwide are suspending travel to virus-stricken China despite World Health Organization advice that such drastic measures aren’t necessary.
Chinese flights taking Wuhan citizens home from Thailand, Malaysia
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2020
» SHANGHAI: China's aviation authority on Friday dispatched two Xiamen Airlines flights to bring Wuhan citizens home from Bangkok in Thailand and Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, it said on its website on Friday.
Malaysia's air safety rating said to be downgraded
Reuters, Published on 11/11/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has downgraded Malaysia's air safety rating, restricting the country's airlines from adding flights to the United States, four sources familiar with the matter and a US government official told Reuters on Monday.