Pakistan Pakistan wrestles with pilots scandal in wake of European flight ban In a leaked letter seen by Euronews, EASA said the alleged fraud was a "grave safety concern" and recommended that any pilots holding Pakistani licenses should not be scheduled for operations in Europe. 09/07/2020
World Plane crash deaths down 50% in 2019 but number of accidents rise 2019 was the third safest year in terms of fatalities since 1946. 02/01/2020
futuris Discover the spray used by Belgian police to train specialist dogs at airports Explosives training has always been a dangerous undertaking for security workers, but a special substance is designed to make officials and passengers safe 28/10/2019
Eco-Innovation The Scandi way to fly: Finnair launches new sustainable travel kit The Nordic airline has always been top of its game when it comes to sustainability, and this is just the start. 23/05/2019
Inspire Middle East Sri Lankan Airlines puts flight marshals on planes, tourist numbers to drop by 500,000 One week after the attacks in Sri Lanka, executives from the country’s Tourism Development Authority and national airline attended the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai. 03/05/2019
USA Boeing charged airlines for additional safety features on 737 Max jets Exterior sensors that tell pilots the angle of the plane were one safety feature that cost extra. The sensors might have been able prevent Lion Air crash that killed 189, an expert said. 22/03/2019
no comment Six passengers fall from stairs while boarding plane in West Siberia Several people were injured on Tuesday when stairs leading to a plane at Barnaul airport, West Siberia, collapsed. 12/02/2019
futuris SESAR programme: Changing the skies of the Europe The volume of air traffic in European skies of Europe is constantly increasing. In the future, to handle the new workload, there will be remote control towers that can handle multiple airports at the same time. 11/02/2019
World Where are the 'safest places' to go on holiday, according to new data? In some categories, European and American destinations were shown to pose more of a risk to travellers than areas in the Middle East and North Africa, according to data collated by Which? Travel. 07/11/2018
Switzerland Investigators try to find why Swiss plane crashed Investigators do not yet know why a plane crashed in Switzerland on Saturday claiming the lives of all 20 people on board 05/08/2018
futuris An alternative to chemically de-icing planes Researchers are seeking solutions because propylene glycol, used to de-ice planes, is a pollutant that harms the environment 28/05/2018
futuris Airplanes and material gains When you board an airplane for a flight, do you ever consider what it is made of? 30/04/2018
USA Helicopter crashes into New York's East River All five passengers died in a crash witnesses say appeared to be an attempted emergency landing. 12/03/2018
Sport Remembering the Munich Air Disaster: 60 years on Fans, players and staff, past and present, gathered to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the air crash. 06/02/2018
world news Turkey: Plane skids off runway landing metres from sea Had the plane skidded three metres further it would have landed in the Black Sea, reports suggest 14/01/2018
Canada A crunch, a fire, and panic: planes collide at Toronto airport The passengers safely exited via emergency slides. 06/01/2018
USA Air Canada near-miss 'close to worst air disaster in history' An Air Canada jet reportedly almost landed on a busy taxiway where four other planes were waiting to take off at San Francisco airport. 12/07/2017
Germany 'Suspicious conversation' forces easyJet flight to divert An easyJet flight en route from Ljubljana to London Stansted has been diverted to Cologne after passengers overheard three men discussing “terrorist 11/06/2017
