aviation

Air pressure mix-up causes mass bleeding on Indian flight

16:00 | 20/09/2018

A cockpit mix-up left more than 30 passengers on an Indian plane bleeding from their ears and noses Thursday (Sep 20) after the crew forgot ...

Scrutinising foreign ownership limit in Vietnamese airlines

13:40 | 27/08/2018

Controversy persists among the aviation sector’s major players over setting the foreign holding cap at Vietnamese airlines either at 49 or 30 per cent.

FOL hike aims to aid aviation investments

14:00 | 26/07/2018

Despite the latest proposal on raising the foreign ownership limit in aviation business to 49 per cent, the stake sales of the most influential corporations ...

Bamboo Airways officially granted aviation business licence

16:39 | 12/07/2018

More than one year after lodging the application, FLC Group's Bamboo Airways has been officially granted the aviation business licence.

No more flights from Sri Lanka's second airport

08:00 | 09/06/2018

Sri Lanka's jinxed second international airport was left without a single scheduled flight from Friday (Jun 8) after the only airline using the remote facility ...

Vietnam authority tightens aviation safety

10:53 | 05/05/2018

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked airlines, airport authorities and air traffic management officials to tighten supervision to ensure aviation safety.

Passenger nearly 'sucked out' and killed after engine breaks apart on Southwest flight

09:00 | 18/04/2018

An engine on a Southwest Airlines flight with 149 people aboard exploded and broke apart in mid-air on Tuesday (Apr 17), in an incident that ...

Private sector enters to deal with airport overload

13:00 | 06/04/2018

The overload at the country’s airports is expected to be reduced as a wave of large investors are seeking investment opportunities in aviation infrastructure.