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World |2017-09-28 14:10:48

Qatar Airway, Turkish Airlines among airlines suspending flights to Iraqi Kurdistan

All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Arbil will be suspended from Friday evening on Baghdad's orders, its airport director said, following a controversial independence referendum...

“All international flights without exception to and from Arbil will stop from 6:00 pm on Friday following a decision by the Iraqi cabinet and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi,” Talar Faiq Salih told AFP on Thursday

Archive |2023-03-17 08:05:00

‘Dollar-starved’ Pakistan struggles to pay international airlines: report

RAWALPINDI: The global air transport body has warned of an ‘aviation crisis’ in Pakistan as airlines are struggling to recover $290 million due to a severe financial crisis, the Financial Times reported on Thursday...

Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has said it was trying to pay the airlines on time and has been in contact with relevant authorities over the issue

World |2021-09-26 17:35:00

Taliban ask airlines to resume international flights to Afghanistan

The Taliban government in Afghanistan appealed on Sunday for international flights to be resumed, promising full cooperation with airlines and saying that problems at Kabul airport had been resolved...

The statement from the foreign affairs ministry comes as the new administration has stepped up efforts to open up the country and gain international acceptance following the collapse of the Western-backed government last month

World |2022-02-03 14:45:00

Airlines urge White House to end Covid international travel testing rules

Major airlines, business and travel groups urged the White House on Wednesday to end Covid-19 pre-departure testing requirements for vaccinated international passengers travelling to the United States...

Airlines for America, the US Chamber of Commerce, International Air Transport Association, Aerospace Industries Association, the US Travel Association and other groups called for a change in a letter to White House coronavirus response...

Pakistan |2016-01-09 07:01:08

Indonesia's Garuda airlines to start operations from Pakistan soon

KARACHI: The Garuda Airlines of Indonesia will soon start operating from Pakistan as negotiations are in final stages, stated the Indonesian Consul-General Hadi Santoso at the formal inauguration of Pakistan-Indonesia Business Forum (PIBF) here on Friday...

Hadi Santoso assured that under the new policy, Indonesian visas will now be issued the same day to applicants who furnish all required documents

Archive |2018-10-09 15:15:02

SaudiGulf Airlines announces direct flights to Pakistan

SaudiGulf Airlines on Monday announced that it is starting direct flights to four destinations in Pakistan...

Taking to Twitter, the airline said it would begin operating flights between Dammam and Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Sialkot from Oct 15

Archive |2020-02-25 09:35:02

Airlines told to get health declaration from passengers coming to Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: The government has directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to ensure that all airlines get a health declaration from passengers while travelling to Pakistan...

During his visit to Islamabad International Airport (IIA) on Monday, Aviation Secretary Hassan Nasir Jamy said all travellers entering Pakistan must fill out a health declaration form as part of accelerated efforts to control the spread of coronavirus

Archive |2021-09-21 09:15:01

Pakistan restricts operation of Kuwait airlines

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan has imposed restrictions on the flight operation of Kuwaiti-designated airlines from October 1...

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has repeatedly requested the Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority to allow Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to resume its flights to and from Kuwait which were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but to no avail

Archive |2016-06-27 11:00:55

Singapore Airlines plane catches fire in emergency landing

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines plane caught fire Monday while making an emergency landing at Changi Airport after turning back from a flight to Milan following an engine oil warning message, the carrier said...

No one was injured aboard the Boeing 777-300ER, but one passenger described those moments as a "so-close to death" experience

World |2017-10-30 11:32:34

Saudi Airlines to operate first Baghdad flight in 27 years

State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines will launch its first flight to Baghdad in 27 years on Monday, state media said, amid a thaw in ties between the Arab neighbours...

The airline, also known as Saudia, will depart from the Red Sea city of Jeddah barely two weeks after Saudi budget carrier flynas made the first commercial flight from Riyadh to Baghdad since 1990

Pakistan |2015-06-06 07:13:04

UAE airlines to operate from 4 more airports

KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has allowed five airlines of the United Arab Emirates to carry out unlimited operations at another four airports in Pakistan...

The CAA said in a statement on Friday that the new airports opened for the UAE airlines were Quetta, Panjgur, Turbat and Gwadar

World |2015-06-02 09:48:39

Malaysia Airlines 'technically bankrupt'

The newly appointed chief executive of loss-making Malaysia Airlines said on Monday the carrier is "technically bankrupt", underlining the case for a restructuring to cut a third of jobs, scrap some international routes and review its long-haul fleet...

"We are technically bankrupt

World |2017-04-13 17:55:41

United Airlines to compensate all passengers on flight when man dragged off

United Airlines sought to quell the uproar over a man being dragged off a plane by announcing on Tuesday that it would no longer ask police to remove passengers from full flights and would compensate customers who were on the flight when the man was removed...

In an interview with ABC's “Good Morning America” aired on Wednesday, United parent company CEO Oscar Munoz said he felt “ashamed” watching video of the man being forced off the jet

World |2017-07-05 13:02:01

Emirates, Turkish Airlines say US has lifted laptop ban

Dubai-based Emirates airlines says the US has exempted it from a ban on laptops in airplane cabins...

The Middle East's biggest long-haul carrier said in a statement on Wednesday that new security measures were in place and the ban had been lifted “effective immediately”

Archive |2017-05-07 01:50:40

After ban, Turkish Airlines to offer laptops to VIP travellers

ISTANBUL: Turkish Airlines on Saturday said it would offer laptops to business-class travellers after Britain and the United States banned large electronic devices from the cabin of flights from certain countries...

Washington has barred all electronic devices larger a mobile phone on direct flights to the United States from 10 airports in seven Middle Eastern countries and Turkey, only allowing them to be transported in hold luggage