Qatar Airways will be the global launch customer of GlobalBeacon (sm), a technology solution designed to provide global tracking of all aircraft equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast in 2018.
Aviation safety and security have to be strengthened across the Middle East in view of the continuous growth in the number of passengers, HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti said.
EgyptAir flight MS804 sent automated messages signalling smoke onboard before plunging into the Mediterranean, the French aviation safety agency said on Saturday, as search teams hunted for more wreckage.
More than 1,000 people staged a protest at Hong Kong airport over an alleged breach of aviation safety rules involving the baggage of the city leader's daughter.
