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  • Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland

    A flight from Melbourne to Qatar was diverted to India on Wednesday, in a desperate attempt to save an Irish man on board. The man, Raymond McMorrow, 68, is believed to have had a heart attack on board Qatar Airways flight QR 031 while in transit from Melbourne to Doha, the Qatar capital. The Qatar Airways plane landed without incident at Cochin Airport, in southern India, where an ...

  • Pakistani plane forced to land near London two held

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday to escort a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane down to land after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested from aboard the aircraft on suspicion of endangering the flight. The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane, originally heading from Pakistan's Lahore city to Britain's ...

  • Two held over Pakistani planes mid-air alert

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested on suspicion of endangering the aircraft's flight. The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane, originally heading from Pakistan's Lahore city to Britain's Manchester city. Police ...

  • Britain sends up fighters as Pakistani plane diverted

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. The PIA plane was diverted from Manchester to Stansted airport, reported BBC, citing a Manchester airport spokesperson Friday. The plane, flight number PK709, carrying 297 passengers, had reportedly left Lahore at 09.35 a.m. and was due in at ...

  • Hainan Airlines to add new routes to Abu Dhabi this summer

    The companies, which handle in-flight catering services, ground handling and cargo operations, are being incorporated, subject to regulatory approvals, into Etihad Airport Services, a unit of Etihad Airways. It comes as Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac) is predicting a 15 per cent increase in the number of flights over the peak summer period, between May to August, compared with last ...


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  • Payout to American Airlines CEO opposed

    The Justice Department is objecting to a proposed $20 million severance payment for American Airlines CEO Tom Horton, saying it's bigger than allowed by bankruptcy ...

  • B.C.’s tourism industry bloodied by recession but unbowed

    Tourists pose in front of the Tantalus range mountains at a scenic spot along the Sky-To-Sky Highway north of Sqamish. Tourism accounts for about 126,700 direct jobs in British Columbia, and in 2011, the industry generated $13.4 billion in revenue, an increase of 1.4 per cent from the previous ...

  • American Airlines CEO Tom Hortons Proposed Severance Pay Is Too Big Trustee

    Thomas 'Tom' Horton, chairman, president and chief executive officer of AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ...

  • I-5 bridge collapse will cause headaches for tourism B.C. trucking industry

    Court ruling is wrong The court ruling to allow teachers to post political messages in schools is so wrong. When did the B.C. Teachers Federation stop being a professional organization entrusted with ...

  • China Airlines adding nonstop flights between Taiwan and Hawaii

    China Airlines said it will begin flying two weekly nonstop flights between Taipei and Honolulu, using Airbus A330 aircraft. Seen here is a China Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft. China Airlines will launch regular nonstop flights between Taiwan and Hawaii on June 2, the airline said Friday. The airline will fly nonstop between Taipei and Honolulu International Airport using Airbus A330 aircraft ...

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