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Emirates flying near-empty jets to Dubai
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/03/2026
» Emirates is operating flights to Dubai that are near-empty in some cases as travellers avoid the Persian Gulf, highlighting the challenges for the world’s largest international airline to restore its network amid a protracted war.
Iran war has airlines reviewing growth plans as fuel surges
Bloomberg, Published on 10/03/2026
» Until last month, airlines couldn’t get new aircraft fast enough, with both Airbus SE and Boeing struggling to keep up with surging demand.
Mideast airspace closures bring flight chaos
News Agencies, Published on 28/02/2026
» Countries in the Persian Gulf closed their airspace on Saturday after Iran targeted US bases across the peninsula in retaliation for strikes on Tehran earlier in the day.
Inside the escape from Flight JL516
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/01/2024
» TOKYO - As Japan Airlines Flight JL516 skidded to a fiery halt after colliding with another plane on the runway at Tokyo Haneda airport on Tuesday, cabin crew faced a daunting scenario.
Japan Airlines flight was cleared to land before fiery collision
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/01/2024
» TOKYO - As Japan Airlines Co. Flight 516 approached Tokyo’s Haneda Airport late on Tuesday afternoon, all signs pointed to an uneventful conclusion to the routine one-and-a-half hour journey from Sapporo in northern Japan.
At the foot of the Pyrenees planes put out to pasture
AFP, Published on 18/02/2021
» TARBES (FRANCE) - Under the snow-capped Pyrenees, dozens of planes are lined up like toys on a shelf, at one of several airports in southern Europe where parking planes has become big business thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cruise ship case shows perils of resuming tourism
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/12/2020
» The optimism on display just two months ago when Singapore Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung pledged to reopen the city-state and its tourism-reliant economy has taken a beating after a possible local coronavirus case was found aboard one of Royal Caribbean Cruise’s ships.
Plane leaves Wuhan with 83 Britons, 27 other foreigners
Agencies, Published on 31/01/2020
» BEIJING: A plane carrying 83 British and 27 other foreign nationals flew out on Friday from China's central city of Wuhan, the centre of a virus epidemic that has killed more than 200 and infected more than 9,000, the British government said.
From European dream to global giant: Airbus marks half century
AFP, Published on 29/05/2019
» PARIS - Fifty years ago at the Paris air show, France's transport minister and Germany's economy minister signed an agreement that would change aviation history.
World's largest plane makes first test flight
AFP, Published on 14/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - The world's largest airplane -- a Stratolaunch behemoth with two fuselages and six Boeing 747 engines -- made its first test flight on Saturday in California.