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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 »

Delta jet dumps fuel on California school playground

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 09:04 AM

A Delta airliner experiencing mechanical trouble on Tuesday dumped jet fuel onto a school playground in the Los Angeles area, leaving 20 students and several adults with minor injuries.  Read more »

Mactan-Cebu International Airport breaks ground for second runway

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 10:46 PM

Officials of the MCIA led the groundbreaking ceremony for the new 2.5-kilometer runway that is expected to increase the airport's capacity. 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 »

Cebu Pacific says 'back to normal' after Taal disruption

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 12:48 PM

The airline cleaned all of its jets that were coated by Taal's ash and aimed to re-book or refund passengers of canceled flights in a day or 2, said its spokesperson Charo Logarta-Lagamon.  Read more »

New CEO tells staff Boeing must be 'transparent'

John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 14 08:19 AM

New Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun told employees on Monday the company must strengthen its culture, focus on "integrity" and be "transparent," according to an email sent to staff. Read more »

LIST: Canceled flights on Jan. 14 due to Taal eruption

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 07:33 AM

Several flights to and from the Philippines were canceled Tuesday, Jan. 14, following the eruption of Taal Volcano, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said. Read more »

LIST: Canceled flights due to Taal ash eruption, Monday Jan. 13

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 07:43 AM

Several flights were canceled Monday following Taal Volcano's ash explosion, airport authorities said. Read more »

LIST: Canceled flights due to bad weather, Sunday, Jan. 12

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 10:59 AM

Several flights between Manila and Basco town, Batanes on Sunday were canceled due to bad weather, airport authorities said. 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 »

Boeing's ousted CEO departs with $62 million, even without severance pay

David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski, Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 10:33 AM

Boeing Co's ousted chief executive officer, Dennis Muilenburg, is leaving the company with $62 million in compensation and pension benefits but will receive no severance pay in the wake of the 737 MAX crisis. Read more »

'Damning' Boeing emails say 737 MAX was 'designed by clowns'

Luc Olinga, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 09:57 AM

NEW YORK, United States – Boeing employees bantered about whether the 737 MAX was safe to fly and joked that the aircraft was "designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys," according to emails released late Thursday.  Read more »

Black boxes of crashed airliner will be 'opened' on Friday - IRNA

Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 06:32 PM

DUBAI - The black boxes of the Ukrainian airliner which crashed in Iran, killing 176 people, will be "opened" on Friday, the official IRNA news agency reported. Read more »

'Designed by clowns': Boeing releases internal messages that disparage 737 MAX, regulators

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 03:36 PM

The messages also show attempts to duck regulatory scrutiny with employees ridiculing the plane, the company, the Federal Aviation Administration and foreign aviation regulators. Read more »

China’s bid to challenge Boeing and Airbus falters

Stella Qiu and Tim Hepher, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 10:27 AM

Delays are common in complex aerospace programs, but the especially slow progress is a potential embarrassment for China, which has invested heavily in its first serious attempt to break the hold of Boeing and Airbus on the global jet market. Read more »

Civilian planes shot down: A grim history

Ron DePasquale, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 10 08:59 AM

A Ukrainian airliner, a Boeing 737-800, went down in Iran on Wednesday morning, killing at least 176 people. American officials believe that the Iranians brought down the airliner by mistake, with 2 missiles fired from an Iranian air defense system, the SA-15. Read more »

Hackers cripple airport currency exchanges, seek $6 million ransom

Amie Tsang, The New York Times
Updated as of Jan 10 08:50 AM

The disruption has also affected banks like Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC, which have been unable to fulfill foreign currency orders for their customers. Read more »

Tehran challenges suggestion Iran missile downed Ukraine jet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 07:00 AM

Iran, alluding to "doubtful scenarios", on Thursday challenged international suggestions that the Ukrainian airliner that crashed outside Tehran this week was mistakenly downed by an Iranian missile. 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 »