Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet, according to Iranian media, but the U.S. military said its F-15 was at a safe distance. The Iranian plane, belonging to Mahan Air, was heading from Tehran to Beirut when

Firefighters work at the site where an Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane caught fire, at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China July 22, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song An Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 777 cargo plane caught fire while loading cargo at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday, the airline said, adding that fire has been contained and

Amid global collapse in tourism due to pandemic, residents spent $671M this January to March, says TurkStat Amid the worldwide collapse in tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic, domestic tourism spending in Turkey fell 41.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced Wednesday. Residents spent 4.6 billion Turkish liras

Since the start of the air embargo, Qatar Airways has sustained losses of hundreds of millions of dollars (AFP) The move comes a week after the ICJ sided with Qatar in its legal fight over the airspace closure by four Arab states Qatar’s state-owned carrier will seek at least $5bn in compensation from Saudi Arabia,

Jambojet has put on hold plans to launch direct flights from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Somali capital Mogadishu due to high insurance needed to ply the route. The budget carrier, a subsidiary on national carrier Kenya Airways , was to launch its direct flight to Aden Adde International Airport, Mogadishu this year

Photo/Somali Times Beledweyne officials told Somali Times that a plane crashed at the airport carrying aid to the people of the region. According to reports, the plane was a cargo plane carrying aid to the flood-affected people in Hiran region. It flew from Djibouti City. Three crew members were rescued before the plane caught fire,

© Provided by Evening Standard The Ryanair jet is being held in an isolation point on the tarmac at Stansted (@J_shaw01/Twitter) Two men have been arrested after a Ryanair flight was diverted to Stansted Airport following a bomb scare. RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the Boeing 737-800 to the Essex landing site on

© Provided by Evening Standard By Harriet Brewis Foreign criminals sentenced to more than a year in prison will be banned from entering the UK under strict new immigration rules. Home Secretary Priti Patel will on Monday unveil details of the new points-based system, which will come into effect on January 1, after freedom of

Photo/Somali Times A Kenyan airplane crashes at Bardere airport in Gedo region. It is unclear what caused the accident. registered with 5Y WFC, is owned by Buff Air Airlines, which provides a wide range of services for passengers and equipment. The administration of Gedo region spoke to Somali Times that investigations into the incident are

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced Tuesday that it will reopen its borders to travelers from 14 countries, but most Americans have been refused entry for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus infections in the U.S. Travelers from other big countries like Russia, Brazil and India will also miss out. As