Airlines

SIA flight attendants to don new closed-toe shoes from January, with iconic sandals to be phased out

The new shoes for SIA flight attendants feature a closed-toe wedge batik design, made from genuine leather with lambskin insoles.

Airfares to West still high with Mid-East war, premium for direct flights back to 2025 level: Report

In 2025, direct flights from Asia-Pacific to the West were 18% more expensive than flights with a stopover in the Middle East, according to the report.

Flydubai co-pilot in murder-suicide mission trained to fly in Britain, Telegraph says

Hamam al-Hammami, the flydubai co-pilot, trained with L3 Airline Academy, a company that is now part of Acron Aviation, and received lessons at one or more centres in England, the Telegraph said.

Key aircraft incidents that reshaped aviation safety rules since 9/11

Sylvia Loehrmann, former school and culture minister of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, pays respect to the victims of the Germanwings 4U9525 plane crash, at the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium during the 10th anniversary of the crash in Haltern am See, Germany, March 24, 2025. REUTERS/Stephan Nitschke

World’s biggest business class coming to British Airways’ A380s

The changes will reduce the number of seats on the A380 by 11%, from 469 seats to 417.

Israeli authorities trade blame for failure to flag flydubai co-pilot

The incident has highlighted that Israel’s rules about the supervision of foreign airlines are complex.

Netanyahu orders security review of flights to Israel after flydubai attack

Passengers from a diverted flydubai flight are seen after landing at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in Lod on Sept 30.

Thai Airways expects to clear backlog of 1,092 bags by Oct 4

A passenger searches for his delayed baggage at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, after heavy rain and flooding disrupted Thai Airways’ ground operations, in Bangkok, on Sept 29.

Australia probes flydubai co-pilot’s links to the country, police say

The co-pilot of flydubai Flight 1073 attacked his captain in an attempt to crash the plane carrying mostly Israeli passengers.

Like a ‘vertical roller coaster’: Simulating flight FZ1073’s sudden plunge

An aviation instructor said the flydubai aircraft’s autopilot disconnected before the plunge began, causing the jet to accelerate rapidly.

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