Air Seychelles Flight
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Today, March 8, an all female crew operated the Air Seychelles flight from Paris to Mahe, cockpit and cabin.
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AirTran Airways to open crew base
By eTN Staff Writer
AirTran Airways announced today that it will open both a pilot and flight attendant base in Milwaukee to support its increased operations.
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Arctic Sea
LONDON – First the ship reported it had been attacked in waters off Sweden. Then it sailed with no apparent problems through one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. And then it disappeared.
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Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Rescuers have reached the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a remote Indonesian jungle and reported that all 16 people aboard were dead, an airline official said Wedne
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Cruise News
At least 12 passengers and crew members aboard ferries or cruise ships around the world have gone overboard so far this year, a Canadian expert says.
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CanJet Hijacking
By Reuters
KINGSTON – A gunman was holding five crew members on a commercial jet in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on Monday after all passengers aboard the aircraft were released, authorities said.
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Space Touristm
By csmonitor.com
Almaty, Kazakhstan - American billionaire Charles Simonyi may be the last tourist to ride a Soyuz rocket into space for the next few years.
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Crew Of 5 Dead On Impact
By Wolfgang H. Thome
KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) - An Antonov 12 cargo aircraft, which left Entebbe for the Ukraine early Friday, reportedly crashed in Luxor while attempting to take off again after a refueling stopover.
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South African Airways
JOHANNESBURG — Twelve crew members of a South African Airways (SAA) plane arrested with a drugs haul at London's Heathrow airport are being questioned by security officials after returning home, the
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Heathrow
By telegraph.co.uk
The entire crew of a South African Airways flight was arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling.
It is the second time in a fortnight that an airline crew has been detained at Heathrow.
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Passenger Restrained
By foxnews.com
RALEIGH, N.C.
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China
BEIJING: China Southern Airlines has awarded US$57,000 (€36,000) to a plane crew that foiled what a senior Communist official has described as an attempted terrorist attack, a state-owned newspaper said Wednesday.
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China
BEIJING - Chinese officials said on Sunday it was the airline crew that thwarted the hijack attempt of an airliner last week, and that all the passengers and crew were safe.
Chairman of the Xinjiang regional government, Nur Bekri, didn't elaborate further, saying authorities were investigating "who the attackers were, where were they ... read more