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- Avianca's Top Shareholder Says Has No Knowledge of Alleged Airbus Bribes[Feb. 06, 2020]
German Efromovich, the majority shareholder in Latin American airline Avianca, said on Wednesday he does not have any knowledge of widespread bribes allegedly paid by European manufacturer Airbus.
- Airbus Reaches Agreements with French, U.K. and U.S. Authorities[Jan. 31, 2020]
Airbus has reached final agreements with the French Parquet National Financier (PNF), the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) resolving the authorities' investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption, as well as with the U.S. Department of State (DoS) and the DoJ to resolve their investigations into inaccurate and misleading filings made with the DoS pursuant to the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
- Pakistan Resumes Flights with China[Feb. 03, 2020]
Pakistan said on Monday said it is resuming flights to and from China, days after it suspended them due to a rapidly spreading virus outbreak.
- Chartered Planes Bring Back Stranded Travelers Overseas[Feb. 01, 2020]
The first batch of charter flights sent by the Chinese government Friday evening brought back 199 stranded Hubei residents from overseas following the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province.
- Iran Says Black Box of Crashed Plane to be Sent to Ukraine[Jan. 18, 2020]
The black box of a passenger plane which crashed over Tehran's airspace earlier this month will be sent to Ukraine for reading the data, an official in Iran's Aviation Organization said on Saturday.
- FAA Should Mandate Safety Management Systems for Boeing, Others: Panel[Jan. 16, 2020]
An expert committee on Thursday recommended the Federal Aviation Administration require Boeing Co and other aircraft manufacturers to adopt new safety management tools in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people.
- Don't Turn Plane Crash into Political Issue: Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman[Jan. 17, 2020]
All countries involved in the Ukrainian airliner crash in Iran should avoid turning it into a political issue, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.
- UK Government Help for Flybe Compliant with State Aid Rules - PM's Spokesman[Jan. 15, 2020]
The British government's support for regional airline Flybe is fully compliant with rules on state aid, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, after British Airways owner IAG complained to the European Union about it.
- Delta Crew Failed to Warn Controllers about Los Angeles Fuel Dump - FAA[Jan. 16, 2020]
A Delta Air Lines flight crew that dumped fuel on several Los Angeles area schools before making an emergency landing, causing minor injuries to schoolchildren, did not inform air traffic controllers it planned to do so, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday.
- Canada Investigators to Examine Iran Crash Wreckage[Jan. 16, 2020]
Crash investigators from Canada have visited the site of an Iranian plane disaster in which 57 Canadians died and will examine the wreckage later on Wednesday, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said.