Qatar Airways and Airbus announced a “amicable and mutually accepted settlement” to a two-year-old dispute over the A350 aircraft, ahead of a court action scheduled to begin in the High Court in London in the coming months.
Airlines
Man allegedly assaults flight attendants & tries to open door on a United Airlines flight
Authorities in Cuba reported that an American airliner departing from Cuba had to make an emergency landing in Havana after striking birds in the sky.
A passenger aboard a plane was hurt and later passed away after it was hit by severe turbulence. The private plane, a Bombardier Challenger 300, was carrying five people from Keene, New Hampshire, to Leesburg, Virginia, according to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
At Bhubaneswar Airport, Biju Patnaik’s Dakota aircraft is unveiled for public viewing
The Universal Hydrogen plane set a new record by flying with the largest hydrogen fuel cell ever utilised to power an aeroplane. The aircraft’s first test flight took place in eastern Washington.
IndiGo gets government approval to wet lease aircraft for US and Canadian operations
Air India plans to have a single pay structure and a pilot seniority list
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), the Diageo-owned Bengaluru franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has signed Qatar Airways to the negotiations, this is the second-largest sponsorship contract in IPL history.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is set to question Jet Airways (India) Ltd about its plans to resume flights, as the private carrier remains grounded nine months after the aviation regulator granted its flying permission.