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Airport Authority and Hong Kong Metropolitan University team up to tackle shortage of flight crews by offering flying licence as part of bachelor’s degree in aviation services management.

Ten years after the Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went off radar screens and disappeared, relatives of the 239 aboard still do not know what happened.

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  • A video shared on social media showed a plane with the logo of Senegal-based airline Transair standing in grass with a wing covered in fire-suppressing foam
  • The Blaise Diagne airport said an investigation was under way to determine the cause of the accident

More than 100 Air India Express cabin crew reported sick before their rostered flight duty at the last minute, forcing 85 flights to be cancelled on Thursday.

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A construction firm under C919 maker Comac announced plans to build a big new construction zone in Shanghai, with an assembly plant and parts warehouse, but then the online post was suddenly deleted.

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The staff sick leave adds to troubles facing Tata Group’s aviation business – in the midst of a revamp after it bought Air India from the government in 2021.

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Budget airline under Cathay increases number of fare types from two to four, with those flying ‘Ultra Lite’ only allowed to bring on one personal item weighing under 7kg.

The company’s flagship EH216-S autonomous flying vehicle took off in Abu Dhabi, as part of a plan to launch commercial flights in the UAE.

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Sustainable aviation fuel is made from 100 per cent renewable waste and residue raw materials and cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 per cent over the fuel’s life cycle, Finnish firm Neste said.

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‘There were two failed landing attempts … All the passengers on board the flight started to scream, while children were crying wildly,’ passenger recounts on social media.

The airline’s decision to cancel the flight stemmed from the need to assess the captain’s physical and mental well-being, according to reports.

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New deal adds years of additional business for China’s state-owned manufacturer and may boost investments while further fuelling purchases of the narrowbody plane.

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AeroHT, an affiliate of Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng, has started the countdown for the commercialisation of its flying car and plans to start taking pre-orders in the fourth quarter of this year.

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Air China will start to add international flights from Sunday, while bookings ahead of May Day holiday have surged, but flights to US are having a sluggish recovery.

A video of the incident showed one of the helicopters clipping the rotor of the other before the two crashed to the ground at Lumut naval base in the western state of Perak.

Post culture editor Kevin Kwong is marooned with thousands of others at Dubai International Airport after his flight was cancelled following an unprecedented storm, with no idea when he will leave.

Impact of study on US military’s F-22 fighter jet could be great given range of its air-to-air missiles and required radius for ground bomb attacks, says team.

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