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Singapore's Scoot cancels flight to China's Wuhan over virus outbreak

Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 12:30 PM

Singapore Airlines' budget carrier Scoot on Thursday cancelled its daily flight to China's central city of Wuhan, online flight information showed, after authorities locked down the center of a fast-spreading virus outbreak. Read more »

Cebu Pacific starts 2-day 'piso fare' sale

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 09:26 AM

The Jan. 16 to 17 sale period will be for travel from Jul. 1 to Dec. 31 this year, the Gokongwei-led airline said. Only online payments via the Cebu Pacific website or app will be accepted, it said. Read more »

Ukraine asks Iran to return black boxes from crashed plane

Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 04:34 PM

KIEV - Ukraine's prosecutor's office and security service have asked Iranian authorities to give Kiev black boxes from the crashed Ukrainian plane, the prosecutors office said on Wednesday. Read more »

Iran judiciary says arrests made over airliner downing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 06:00 PM

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran announced Tuesday that arrests have been made over the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet in Tehran last week, without specifying how many.   Read more »

Iran missile operator who downed Ukrainian jet acted alone: commander

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 12:05 AM

The operator had mistaken the Boeing 737 for a "cruise missile" and only had 10 seconds to decide whether to fire, said Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, the Guards' aerospace commander. Read more »

Ukraine demands punishment for Iran plane downing

Oleksandr Savochenko, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 12 01:44 AM

"We expect Iran... to bring the guilty to the courts," the Ukrainian leader wrote on Facebook, calling also for the "payment of compensation" and the return of remains. Read more »

Angry Iranians question authorities for concealing truth on plane incident

Parisa Hafezi, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 11 10:12 PM

For days, Iran had denied Western accusations it was responsible for Wednesday's crash soon after take-off from Tehran, in which all 176 people aboard were killed. Authorities said on Saturday that air defenses had been fired in error while on high alert following Iranian missile strikes on US targets in Iraq. Read more »

Iran says Ukrainian aircraft shot down due to human error

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 11 03:32 PM

DUBAI - A Ukrainian aircraft which crashed earlier this week in Iran had flown close to a sensitive military site and was brought down due to human error, Iranian state TV reported on Saturday. Read more »

Canada's Trudeau says evidence indicates Iran shot down Ukraine jet

Steve Scherer and David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 10 07:03 AM

Canada has intelligence from multiple sources indicating a Ukrainian airliner that crashed on Wednesday near Tehran was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. Read more »

Ukraine calls for 'evidence' in Iran plane crash probe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 05:10 AM

Ukraine asked international partners to provide any evidence they may have to help investigators probing a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in Iran. Read more »

Iran says rumors missile caused plane crash make 'no sense'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 04:12 AM

Iran on Thursday ruled out a missile strike as the cause of a Ukrainian passenger plane crash near Tehran, saying such a scenario made "no sense." Read more »

UK demands full probe into Iran air crash

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 02:00 AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Thursday for a "full, credible and transparent" investigation into how a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people on board. Read more »

US believes Iran military accidentally shot down Ukraine airliner

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 10 04:29 AM

US officials believe that Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner, killing all of the 176 people on board. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 9, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 01:38 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Ukrainian plane crash kills 176 in Iran

Ebrahim Noroozi, AP
Posted at Jan 09 08:20 AM

Bodies of the victims of a Ukrainian plane crash are collected by rescue team at the scene of the crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday. Read more »

Iran crash is first fatal incident for Ukrainian airline

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 07:09 PM

It was not immediately clear what caused the crash, which occurred hours after an Iranian missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq. Read more »

Passengers urged to arrive early at airport during peak travel season

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 22 03:43 PM

Cebu Pacific and Cebgo on Sunday advised passengers, particularly those traveling to international destinations such as Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, to allot additional time to get to the airport for tight security screening this peak travel season. Read more »

After making a pledge early this year, PAL is now most on-time Filipino airline

ANCX
Posted at Nov 19 06:43 PM

Along with other Filipino carriers, Philippine Airlines made a commitment—and actually followed through. Read more »

Emirates announces $16 billion deal to buy 50 Airbus 350s

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 18 07:00 PM

Emirates Airline said Monday it will buy 50 Airbus 350-900 aircraft in a deal worth $16 billion, with delivery to begin from May 2023. Read more »

AirAsia adds more flights, over 100,000 seats to select routes for holidays

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 06:55 PM

Additional flights from Manila to Davao, Iloilo, and Cebu for travels between Dec. 1, 2019 to Jan. 31, 2020 are available, AirAsia Philippines said in a statement.    Read more »