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420 Ghanaian Muslims Arrive In Saudi Arabia For Hajj

The first batch of 420 Ghanaian Muslims has arrived in Medina in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform this year’s...

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Sri Lankan Crew Averts Mid-Air Fire Caused By Phone

Crew on a Sri Lankan Airlines plane carrying 202 passengers have extinguished a mid-flight fire triggered by a mobile...

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Emirates Highlights Female Role Models In Aviation With Simulator Challenge

Championing the importance of women’s contributions to the growth and development of aviation, Emirates recently...

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Air Canada Jet Nearly Lands On Taxiway In San Francisco

US aviation authorities are looking into an incident involving an Air Canada plane which nearly landed on a crowded...

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Why Has Iran’s Investment Gold Rush Been So Slow To Emerge?

When Iran signed its landmark deal with world powers in 2015, curbing its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions...

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AirAsia Plane ‘shaking Like Washing Machine’ Returns To Australia

An AirAsia flight to Malaysia was forced back to Australia Sunday due to a technical problem, with one passenger saying...

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Iran’s Zagros Airlines Agrees To Buy 28 Airbus Planes

Iran's Zagros Airlines has agreed to buy 28 planes from Airbus, the European aircraft maker said on Thursday at the...

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Saudi Carrier Seeks To Poach Qatar Airways Crews

A Saudi Arabian airline on Monday tweeted a warm welcome to pilots and staff from Qatar Airways whom it hopes to poach...

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China Eastern Plane Lands At Sydney With Hole In Engine

A China Eastern Airlines plane has had to turn back to Sydney airport after a technical failure which left a hole in an...

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Calls Mount For Rethink of Brexit Stance

There are growing calls for a rethink of Theresa May's Brexit stance in the wake of a hung parliament. The...

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Boeing and Iran’s Aseman Finalise $3bn Deal For 30 Jets

Iran's Aseman Airlines has finalised an agreement to buy 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets for $3.0 billion, the company said...

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WTO Says US Failed To Fully Comply In Boeing Subsidies Dispute

The World Trade Organization said Friday the United States had not fully complied with a 2012 ruling ordering it to...

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Philippine Carrier To Buy Seven Airbus Jets For $812 Mn

The Philippines' largest airline Cebu Pacific is ordering seven Airbus A321ceo aircraft in a deal worth $812 million to...

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New Russian Jet Takes To Air In Bid To Rival Airbus and Boeing

Russia on Sunday held a successful test flight of its new MC-21 medium-haul passenger jet that it hopes will revive its...

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Airbus Starts Building First Helicopter Plant In China

Airbus has begun building its first helicopter assembly plant in China, and the European planemaker plans to produce 18...

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China, Russia Launch Long-Haul Challenge To Boeing, Airbus

China and Russia on Monday launched an ambitious project to jointly develop a long-haul jet to challenge Boeing and...

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Egypt Marks MS804 Crash With Ceremony and No Information

Egypt held a sombre ceremony on the first anniversary of the EgyptAir MS804 disaster in Cairo Friday, but no answers...

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EgyptAir MS804 Crash An Accident

No traces of explosives were found on the remains of French victims aboard an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the...

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Sri Lanka’s Airline Sell Off Fails, Seeks New Partner

A US equity firm that bid to buy a stake in Sri Lanka's loss-making national airline has pulled its offer, officials...