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'Record' 17.6mn travellers use HIA in first half of 2016 ECONOMY

'Record' 17.6mn travellers use HIA in first half of 2016

Hamad International Airport registered 17.6mn passengers in the first half of this year, up 20% on 14.6mn served during the same period last year, "setting a new passenger record" for the airport, HIA said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Malaysia-bound AirAsia X plane ends up in Melbourne INTERNATIONAL

Malaysia-bound AirAsia X plane ends up in Melbourne

A Malaysia-bound AirAsia X plane which took off from Sydney ended up in Melbourne instead after the pilot entered the aircraft's wrong longitudinal position, safety officials revealed Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
BA passengers stranded as glitch hits worldwide check-ins INTERNATIONAL

BA passengers stranded as glitch hits worldwide check-ins

British Airways warned Tuesday that customers could face further delays after a computer glitch in its global check-in system held up some flights, particularly in the United States, for hours.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
European aviation calls for stricter regulation of drone users INTERNATIONAL

European aviation calls for stricter regulation of drone users

Aviation associations representing airlines, pilots and airports across Europe called on Monday for mandatory registration and training of drone users following a number of near-misses between the unmanned devices and aircraft.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
China, US pledge support for global aviation emissions pact INTERNATIONAL

China, US pledge support for global aviation emissions pact

China and the United States have pledged support for a new deal to curb carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation sector, they said in a joint statement on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Emirates plane crash-lands in Dubai; all aboard escape, firefighter killed ASIA

Emirates plane crash-lands in Dubai; all aboard escape, firefighter killed

An Emirates plane with 300 people on board crash-landed and caught fire at Dubai airport on Wednesday, shutting down the busy airport, but there were no fatalities.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Volcanic eruptions in Indonesia hit air travel INTERNATIONAL

Volcanic eruptions in Indonesia hit air travel

Volcanic eruptions in Indonesia in recent days have forced the closure of two airports and disrupted some flights to the holiday island of Bali, officials said Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Air France strike, in fifth day, has affected 150,000 INTERNATIONAL

Air France strike, in fifth day, has affected 150,000

Thousands of people faced flight cancellations in France on Sunday, the fifth day of a strike by Air France flight crew at the height of the holiday travel period, the airline said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Solar plane completes first-ever Atlantic flight INTERNATIONAL

Solar plane completes first-ever Atlantic flight

The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Spain Thursday after completing a 71-hour flight from New York in the first ‘magical’ solo transatlantic crossing in a solar-powered airplane.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Rough seas, high winds delay search for Flight MH370 INTERNATIONAL

Rough seas, high winds delay search for Flight MH370

Rough seas and strong winds have delayed the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean, prolonging the search until August in one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries, investigators said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Egypt investigators repair crashed jet's black box memory units ASIA

Egypt investigators repair crashed jet's black box memory units

Egyptian aviation investigators will finish on Monday repairing memory units from the black box recorders of an EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, a senior investigation official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Delayed Solar Impulse to leave Monday for Europe INTERNATIONAL

Delayed Solar Impulse to leave Monday for Europe

The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft will take off from New York early Monday on the transatlantic leg of its record-breaking bid fly around the globe using only solar energy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016