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Jamaica Tourism Minister to Chair Airline and Cruise Recovery Group
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Hawaii-Japan Pre-Travel Testing Moves Forward
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17 Children Injured When Boeing 777 Dumps Fuel on School Playground
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LOT Polish Airlines Announces Washington DC as New Destination
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Another Top Executive Exits Boeing
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FAA sued by FlyersRights over Boeing 737 MAX
Supporting a lawsuit filed by FlyersRights against the FAA are 7 aviation experts who declared that they need the Federal Aviation Administration to r...

United Airlines: Denver to the Bahamas in 2020
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Jamaica now most-connected country from South America
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New nonstop JFK-Mobay flight to further boost Jamaica tourist arrivals
Jamaica Tourism Minister Hon Edmund Bartlett and United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia, along with a raft of officials welcomed the commen...

Hawaiian Air cabin crew strike threatens holiday season
Over the last 6 months, Hawaiian Airlines Flight Attendants have been picketing at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii, and...

Seychelles Tourism Board signs agreement with UK flag carrier airline in London
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[embedded content] When lasers strike aircraft The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that 3 jet airplanes were struck by laser beams upon...

Alaska Airlines plane overshoots runway: 2 critically injured
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Unions support South African Airways pilot strike amidst allegations of gross misconduct
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GOL airline and Delta phase out codeshare
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Why would the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allow Boeing to keep flying their 737 MAX after all 189 on board Lion Air flight 610 were kille...

Now boarding at Gatwick Airport: Faces required
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British Airways flights nearly 100% grounded
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Hawaiian Air emergency landing: Plane filled with smoke, 7 hospitalized
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SkyWest Airlines announces new VP of Airport Operations
Steve Black to retire after 28 years with the airline SkyWest Airlines announced today the appointment of Greg Wooley to the new position of Vice Pres...

Airline passengers win landmark lawsuit against Ryanair
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United Airlines announces new head of Technical Operations
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British Airlines Pilot union boss plots summer strike while basking in the Spanish sunshine
Sitting by a glorious sandy beach in the Spanish sunshine, the £141,000-a-year union activist Brian Sutton, General Secretary for BALPA (the Bri...

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United Airlines announces new Senior VP of Digital Technology
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Chattanooga Airport: First to achieve 100 percent sustainability milestone
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Air Partner comment on anticipated British Airways strike
Ahead of the anticipated British Airways strike later this summer, Kevin Macnaughton, Managing Director, Charter, at global aviation services group Ai...

Air Canada flight makes emergency landing in Hawaii with injured onboard
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Sunshine Coast Airport appoints new GM of Aviation Business Development
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Tel Aviv and Orlando: Now Nonstop
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Texas plane crash: All onboard dead – Another King Air aircraft consumed by fire
A twin-engine passenger plane crashed today, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Addison, Texas, killing all onboard. It is believed there were at least 10 peop...

Japanese airline looking to start Islamabad-Bangkok-Tokyo route
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Now departing: Hawaiian Airlines Fukuoka-Honolulu flights
After launching Fukuoka, Japan, service from Honolulu, Hawaii, in April 2012, Hawaiian Airlines suspended its daily service to Fukuoka on June 29, 201...

Flights to Dominican Republic: Cancel free
Flight cancellations to the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic (DR) have been soaring, say analysts, while new bookings are down. The Dominica...

India airlines course: Improving safety
On the 21st year celebration of Bird Academy, the education vertical of Bird Group reaffirms its position as a regional aviation-learning hub by becom...

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Today, the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office released the names of 7 of the 11 victims that died on Friday, June 21 in the horrific crash of a ...

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There is currently a shortage of nearly 4,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers nationwide in America. In April, the Department of Homeland...