Snow grounds hundreds of flights across Europe
Hundreds of flights were cancelled and hazardous roads and railways disrupted traffic and caused countless accidents across Europe on Monday as heavy snow and freezing weather gripped the continent.
Hundreds of flights were cancelled and hazardous roads and railways disrupted traffic and caused countless accidents across Europe on Monday as heavy snow and freezing weather gripped the continent.
The country’s major airlines extended for a third day their free rebooking promo for passengers who missed their flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) due to the flooding in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.
A plane carrying 153 passengers crashed Sunday in a densely populated district of Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, the head of Civil Aviation Auuthority told AFP, adding he feared none had survived.
A Boeing 727 cargo plane attempting to land at the international airport in Ghana’s capital crashed Saturday, slamming into a bus loaded with passengers on a nearby street, killing all 10 people inside the vehicle, emergency responders and airport officials said.
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea has stopped sending GPS jamming signals that affected hundreds of civilian flights in South Korea over a two-week period, officials said Tuesday.
Four people died when their medical evacuation plane plunged into the Caribbean shortly after taking off from the Franco-Dutch island of Saint Martin, the health ministry said Saturday.
A South African pilot and his Australian passenger were killed when their Susi Air plane crashed in eastern Indonesia, officials said Thursday, in the airline’s third fatal accident in a year.
Seven passengers were taken into custody by airport authorities on Thursday after one of them reportedly cracked a bomb joke as the Palawan-bound plane they were on was about to take off at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is adjusting its operations on Holy Week by adding six extra flights to three destinations and upgrading 20 international and two domestic flights by using bigger aircraft.
Malacañang on Wednesday indicated that there may be a need to review the performance of officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) in the wake of the number of problems that still need to be solved before the country can regain its Category One status in aviation safety.
A New Zealand pilot and two Indonesians were killed after a helicopter chartered by the Indonesian arm of US mining company Freeport-McMoRan crashed in remote Papua province, a company spokesman said Sunday.
Any increase in terminal fees must go to meet a specific need or objective and must undergo a public hearing, the Manila International Airport Authority (Miaa) said on Tuesday.
Malacañang on Monday welcomed plans by taipan Lucio Tan to sell national flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL).
