SriLankan Airlines improved its underlying operating performance in 2024/25, but engine shortages, 487 flight cancellations, falling passenger revenue and LKR 31.6 billion in finance costs pushed the Group into a LKR 2.74
The Tata Group has begun searching for a new Chief Executive Officer for Air India, signaling frustration with the airline’s slow recovery following a June crash that killed more than 241 passengers
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The World in 2025 In 2025, the global civil aviation system was once again reminded of the inescapable reality that the skies, while governed by law and sustained by international cooperation, are
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by Our Business Affairs Editor The recent collapse in IndiGo’s operations, marked by thousands of cancellations and severe nationwide disruptions, has reopened a deeper debate within India’s aviation sector—whether the turmoil at
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The development of aviation has opened up the world in a way that no other single invention has done before. – Charles Lindbergh In 1996, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 7
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi In the cutthroat world of aviation, where margins are wafer-thin and operational missteps unforgiving, leadership is not just important—it is everything. And yet, in a stunning
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China Eastern Airlines has inaugurated what it says is the world’s longest one-way commercial flight, a roughly 20,000-kilometer journey connecting Shanghai with Buenos Aires through a stopover in Auckland, according to information
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A growing number of commercial airline pilots are avoiding mental health treatment out of fear that acknowledging even minor or treatable conditions could lead to grounding and jeopardize their careers, according to
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Global airlines raced to repair a software issue affecting Airbus A320 jets on Saturday, as a partial recall by the European planemaker grounded hundreds of flights across Asia and Europe, raising concerns
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Multiple international airlines have suspended flights to and from Caracas amidst a heightened US military presence in the Caribbean, after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issuance of a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Friday.
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Striking workers at Boeing Defense in the St. Louis area have rejected the company’s latest contract proposal, extending a strike that has already lasted 13 weeks and delayed deliveries of F-15EX fighter
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“Without data, all that you have is an opinion.” …attributed to W. Edwards Deming ~ World Statistics Day falls on 20 October. This day, as the Secretary-General of the United Nations reminds
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A HK$100 billion ($12.8 billion) urban development plan near Hong Kong International Airport is running into turbulence, with its flagship retail complex struggling to attract tenants and developer New World Development (NWD)
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