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Saudi carrier Flyadeal ditches grounded Boeing MAX for Airbus
(UPDATED) Flyadeal will operate an all-Airbus A320 fleet instead of purchasing Boeing's grounded 737 MAX jets

Engine shut down as smoke fills cabin of Jetstar flight
The captain decided to shut down one of the engines as a precaution and divert the aircraft to Brisbane says a spokesman for the Australian budget airline

Airbus profit lifted by exceptionals
Orders slide by 27 but the plane manufacturer cites brisk sales at this month s Farnborough Airshow

Doomed EgyptAir flight broke up midair after fire
It remains unclear whether the blaze was triggered by mechanical malfunction or a criminal act

'Probable' EgyptAir debris washes up on Israeli beach
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed that the plane parts found on a beach in the coastal town of Netanya on Thursday July 7 be handed over to Egypt

Second black box recovered from EgyptAir crash site
It is not immediately clear how much of its data would be useable but Cairo s civil aviation authority says salvage experts managed to retrieve the voice recorder s crucial memory unit despite extensive damage to the black box

EgyptAir black box signal detected – French investigators
3rd UPDATE The flight recorder could help solve the mystery of why the Airbus A320 plunged into the sea with 66 people on board en route from Paris to Cairo on May 19

EgyptAir crash: What we know so far
French experts confirm that smoke was detected in the cabin of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the eastern Mediterranean carrying 66 people but what brought it down remains a mystery

Search teams hunt for EgyptAir black boxes
While Egypt s aviation minister has pointed to terrorism as more likely than technical failure French Foreign Minister Jean Marc Ayrault says there was absolutely no indication of why the plane went down

Wreckage of EgyptAir plane found in Mediterranean
UPDATED They haven t died yet No one knows We re asking for God s mercy says a woman in her 50s whose daughter had been on board
Body part, seats, luggage found in EgyptAir search
The Greek defense minister says a body part seats and one or more items of luggage have been found by crews searching for the wreckage of an EgyptAir passenger jet that crashed in the Mediterranean

Air-sea search intensifies for missing EgyptAir plane
UPDATED Egypt s aviation minister says while it is too soon to say why the Airbus A320 had vanished from radar screens a terrorist attack would be a more likely scenario than a technical failure

Indonesia inspects Airbus planes after AirAsia crash probe
To prevent similar accidents the transport ministry said 18 officials would conduct inspections on the 75 Airbus A320s registered in Indonesia

China signs giant Airbus deal as Merkel visits
Thursday s agreement also include the confirmation of 30 options for twin aisle A330s
AirAsia pushes back IPO, adds more A320s
Meanwhile stockholders of Philippines AirAsia approve a P3 billion 64 13 million capital stock increase in 2016 for the lease of 5 additional aircraft

Cebu Pacific receives 32nd Airbus A320
This is the 3rd of 4 Airbus A320 aircraft the budget carrier is set to receive in 2015 as Cebu Pacific targets Honolulu as a new destination early 2016
EU watchdog urges expanded pilot mental health checks
Europe s aviation watchdog on Friday July 17 recommended expanded mental health and medical checks of pilots after a rogue airman apparently deliberately crashed a Germanwings jet in March killing all 150 people on board

French police end Germanwings debris recovery in Alps
The aviation disaster highlights the question of pilots mental health and sees industry doctors urge more extensive medical checks for those tasked with flying aircraft

More than 20 injured as Asiana flight overruns Japan runway
More than 20 passengers are injured after Asiana Airlines Airbus A320 overruns a runway in western Japan

Airlines scramble for new cockpit rules after crash
A two person cockpit policy is relatively rare in Europe with easyJet s Irish rival Ryanair Finland s Finnair and Spanish carrier Iberia among the few who say they already adhere to it

Jeane Napoles, Lee Kuan Yew, Arum on fight earnings | The wRap
Jeane Napoles is back in the Philippines What is Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy? Bob Arum says the Pacquiao Mayweather fight could earn more than 400 million

Ice may have caused AirAsia crash – gov't agency
Based on the available data received on the location of the aircraft s last contact the weather was the triggering factor behind the accident says a report from Indonesia s meteorological agency

Allianz says lead insurer of missing AirAsia jet
We can confirm that Allianz Global Corporate amp; Specialty UK is the lead reinsurer for AirAsia for aviation hull and liability insurance the German insurer giant says in a statement

Tacloban airport closed to large aircraft till December 3
Flights that use Airbus aircraft will not be allowed to use the Daniel Romualdez Airport

Tacloban airport to be closed due to potholes on runway
Local airlines say potholes on the Daniel Romualdez Airport runway pose danger to their operations

Boeing to launch new 737 MAX with more seats
The US aerospace giant would launch an upgraded version of its 737 MAX airliner aimed at low cost airlines
Tiger Airways PH aims to triple revenues
The former South East Asian Airlines or Seair aims to reach revenues of P5 billion in 2013 around 3 times what it made in 2012
Davao crowd cheers as Cebupac moves plane
2nd UPDATE Two days after the Cebu Pacific aircraft skidded off the runway the Davao international airport is set to reopen Tuesday evening June 4