Aviation

Malta will shut down its loss-making national carrier, Air Malta, next year and replace it with a new government-owned airline, Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced. The Maltese government had been negotiating with the European Commission...

Hundreds of flights and high-speed trains were canceled, and businesses were closed in Busan, South Korea, after Tropical Storm Khanun made landfall Thursday, bringing heavy rain and severe gusts. The storm, which pummeled Japan before taking...

The Irish no-frills airline Ryanair reported record profits for the first quarter on Monday, rebounding from traffic disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year earlier. According to a statement, the carrier’s profit after tax...

Thai Airways International, the official airline of Thailand, today announced the beginning of “Double Daily” service between Dhaka and Bangkok beginning on July 16, 2023, and running through the end of the summer schedule. Travelers can...

British Airways has been fined $1.1m (£878,000) by the US government over claims it failed to pay refunds for canceled flights during the pandemic. The US Department of Transportation said the airline had not provided “timely...

The C919, China’s first domestically made passenger aircraft, took off on its inaugural commercial flight on Sunday, marking a watershed moment in the country’s decades-long struggle to compete with Western rivals in the air. China Eastern...

American Airlines pilots have agreed in principle on a new contract, their union said on Friday, ahead of a busy summer travel season after years of negotiations with the largest U.S. carrier. The Allied Pilots Association...

Boeing has halted deliveries of some 737 MAXs as it grapples with a new supplier quality problem by Spirit AeroSystems that could stretch back to 2019, the U.S. planemaker disclosed on Thursday. The issue will likely...

One of the nation’s private airlines, Novoair, has chosen to start flying again on the Dhaka-Barishal-Dhaka route as of March 1. According to a press statement issued here today, the airliner will fly to Barishal, the...

The newest private airline in the nation, Air Astra, has chosen to start operating flights on the popular Dhaka-Sylhet-Dhaka route on February 23. According to a press statement from the airliner, there will initially be two...