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Iran Air cleared to fly in EU: official ASIA

Iran Air cleared to fly in EU: official

Iranian flag carrier Iran Air has been taken off a safety blacklist and cleared to fly in the European Union, the European Commission said Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India overhauls aviation rules to boost air travel INTERNATIONAL

India overhauls aviation rules to boost air travel

India overhauled rules governing the world's fastest-growing aviation market on Wednesday to make it easier for new airlines to fly overseas, aiming to boost air travel and economic growth.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dubai airport shut for over an hour; 22 flights diverted ASIA

Dubai airport shut for over an hour; 22 flights diverted

Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airport for international travel, closed its airspace for 69 minutes due to unauthorised drone activity on Saturday, causing 22 flights to be diverted, aviation authorities said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
More debris found with possible MH370 link: Australia INTERNATIONAL

More debris found with possible MH370 link: Australia

Three new pieces of debris have been found in Mauritius and in Mozambique that could be linked to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australia's transport minister said Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
EgyptAir jet missing after mid-air plunge, Greeks find floating objects INTERNATIONAL

EgyptAir jet missing after mid-air plunge, Greeks find floating objects

An EgyptAir jet carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean south of Greece on Thursday, with Athens saying the plane swerved in mid-air ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
AVIATION INTERNATIONAL

AVIATION

The world’s largest cargo aircraft AN-225 Myria landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
More debris 'almost certainly' from MH370: Australia INTERNATIONAL

More debris 'almost certainly' from MH370: Australia

Two more pieces of debris were all but confirmed Thursday to be from flight MH370, adding fresh clues to the mystery of the Malaysia Airlines plane which is presumed to have crashed at sea.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Emirates says annual profit surged 56% to $1.9bn ECONOMY

Emirates says annual profit surged 56% to $1.9bn

Emirates, Dubai's flagship carrier, reported a 56 percent jump in annual net profit from its airline operations, with lower oil prices helping to reduce operating costs ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indonesian planes clip wings at airport in latest scare INTERNATIONAL

Indonesian planes clip wings at airport in latest scare

Two Indonesian passenger planes clipped wings as they were about to take off from Jakarta's main airport, an airline said on Tuesday, the latest accident in the country's beleaguered aviation sector.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Solar Impulse 2 takes off on next leg of round-the-world flight INTERNATIONAL

Solar Impulse 2 takes off on next leg of round-the-world flight

The Solar Impulse 2, an experimental aircraft flying around the world to draw attention to clean energy technologies, took off Monday from near San Francisco ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Delta orders 37 Airbus A321 for $4.2 bn ECONOMY

Delta orders 37 Airbus A321 for $4.2 bn

Delta ordered on Friday 37 of Airbus' medium-haul A321 aircraft with a catalogue price $4.2 billion (3.7 billion euros) as the US airline seeks to quickly retire older planes.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Eleven dead found after Norway helicopter crash: rescuers INTERNATIONAL

Eleven dead found after Norway helicopter crash: rescuers

At least 11 people died on Friday when a helicopter transporting 13 people from a North Sea oil platform crashed off the coast of western Norway, rescue services said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016