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Italy

Alitalia strike disrupts the holiday plans of hundreds

The 24-hour stoppage has forced the company to cancel many flights

World News

Drone collision scare with Lufthansa flight sparks investigation

A Lufthansa plane with 108 passengers on board nearly collided with a drone as it approached Warsaw’s main airport on Monday afternoon (July 20 ) The

Poland

Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw

Ukraine

Ukraine: New video released on anniversary of MH17 disaster

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has led Australia’s memorial service for victims of the MH17 disaster – exactly one year since the passenger jet was shot

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Ukraine

MH17: a year on and still no answers

It is almost a year since the tiny village of Rossypne in Eastern Ukraine found itself the focus of global attention. 298 people of differing

World

7 things we found out at the Paris Air Show 2015

Spain

Spanish airline Iberia resumes flights to Havana

Spanish airline Iberia is resuming flights from Madrid to Havana. It grounded the Cuba link and other South America routes in 2013. Iberia believes a

Italy

Thousands of air passengers grounded during Alitalia strike

Thousands of people were suffering the consequences on Monday of a 24-hour strike of pilots and cabin crews at Italy’s flagship carrier Alitalia

Korea

Ex-Korean Air executive Heather Cho freed in 'nut rage' case

The woman at the centre of the so-called “nut rage” case in South Korea has been freed after nearly five months in jail. Heather Cho, a former Korean

Portugal

Portugal: TAP pilots to begin 10-day strike as talks fail

Portugal’s flagship air carrier TAP looks set to be grounded for ten days from now because of a strike by pilots. Last-minute talks between the

Japan

Asiana Airlines plane skids off Japanese runway

Germany

Lufthansa flight disruptions may continue into Sunday

Almost half of all flights operated by Lufthansa were grounded on Saturday (March 21). Pilots at the German airline stated a fourth straight day of

Germany

Dozens of long-haul flights cancelled on day two of Lufthansa pilots' strike

Thursday has brought more misery for passengers of German airline Lufthansa, as a pilots’ strike continues into its second day. After short and

Germany

Lufthansa pilots stage twelfth strike in a year

Hundreds of Lufthansa flights to and from Frankfurt and Munich have been cancelled, stranding tens of thousands of passengers, because of another

USA

LaGuardia runway in 'good condition' before Delta Airlines crash-land

Officials say other planes had successfully negotiated the snow in New York before Flight 1086 slid off the runway.

Iran

Iran and Yemen sign aviation deal

Iranian airline Mahan landed its first plane at Sanaa airport in Yemen on Sunday after the two countries signed a civil aviation deal allowing up to

Taiwan

Double engine failure caused TransAsia crash

Data from the flight recorders of the doomed TransAsia Airways plane that came down in Taipei’s Keelung River has revealed that both engines failed

Taiwan

More bodies are recovered from the Taiwan plane crash

Investigators are searching through the wreckage of a TransAsia plane which crashed on Wednesday in Taiwan. At least 31 bodies have been recovered

Taiwan

Dramatic dashcam video captures Taiwan plane crash

The dramatic moment a TransAsia Airways plane crashed in Taiwan is captured on video by a motorist

Taiwan

Dozens feared dead as TransAsia plane crashes in Taiwan

Around 20 people were killed and two dozen unaccounted for after a Taiwanese TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crash-landed in a Taipei river on Wednesday.