- Virgin Blue to Support Global Green Campaign[Sep. 28, 2006]
Australia's Virgin Blue has thrown its support behind Sir Richard Branson's global call to reduce aircraft fuel emissions.
- Over 10,000 Pilots Needed over Next 5 Years[Sep. 30, 2006]
Chinese airlines will need an additional 10,000 pilots over the next five years, and the figure will reach 18,000 by 2015, said a senior official of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC).
- Officials Seek Brazil Plane Crash Cause[Oct. 03, 2006]
Investigators on Monday were trying to determine how two new aircraft equipped with the latest anti-collision technology clipped each other in flight, causing a crash that killed 155 people in the nation's worst air disaster.
- Airline Agrees Payout over Crash Pollution[Oct. 03, 2006]
China Eastern Airlines has agreed to pay 21.40 million yuan (US$2.68 million) to a park in northern China in compensation after a plane crash nearly two years ago spilled gallons of jet fuel into a lake.
- Rescue Crew Combs Brazil Plane Wreckage[Oct. 02, 2006]
Rescue workers on Sunday hunted through the wreckage of a Brazilian jetliner that crashed in the Amazon rain forest, likely killing all 155 people on board in what would be Brazil's worst air disaster.
- No Sign of Survivors from Brazil Plane[Oct. 01, 2006]
Military helicopters lowered a rescue team by rope Saturday into the remote Amazon jungle site where an airliner slammed into the ground, but authorities held out little hope of finding survivors among the 155 people on board.
- Missing Plane Found, No Survivors[Sep. 30, 2006]
The wreckage of the Boeing 737-800 airliner that disappeared over dense Amazon rainforest in Brazil with 155 people on board has been found, a Gol Airlines spokesman said Saturday.
- Brazilian Plane Crashes, 155 Aboard Missing[Sep. 30, 2006]
A Brazilian airline passenger plane with 155 people on board disappeared over the Amazon jungle on Friday after colliding with a small plane, the company and news reports said.
- Shanghai Accelerates Work to Become Air Hub[Oct. 03, 2006]
China's economic hub Shanghai is speeding up construction efforts to make itself a major international air service hub.
- Chinese Airlines to Lift Fuel Surcharges[Sep. 30, 2006]
China's three major airlines will raise jet fuel charges on international flights from next week.