Singapore's Transport Minister defended on Tuesday the 'Singapore Airlines investment in Air India', stating that 'the city-state's Flag carrier must grow abroad because there are limits to how many passengers will fly into or out of Singapore. In response to a parliament question, Minister Jeffrey Siow stated that the flag carrier is a publicly listed company which funds its investments out of its own balance sheet. It has not requested additional capital from shareholders. Temasek, a Singaporean state investor, owns the majority of the airline. Singapore Airlines' 25.1% share in Air India has affected its earnings, and the carrier's multi-billion...

Willis Lease Finance Corp, a US-based aircraft engine lessor, is targeting the soaring demand for engine maintenance in Asia-Pacific. Its CEO stated that its 'new Malaysian repair facility' was just one step of a larger regional push. The Nasdaq listed company announced in late August plans to build its third global repair centre for engines in Johor, southern Malaysia. This is instead of Singapore where the company has an office as well as large maintenance operations by ST Engineering and GE Aerospace. In an interview with CEO Austin Willis on Friday, Willis said that Singapore is a great location but...

Airbus jet deliveries increased 9% in the first eight-months of 2026. The European planemaker is 'broadly on target' to meet its yearly quota, but it still has some catching up to do with the A330 after a production snag. Airbus announced in a monthly bulletin it delivered 475 jets between January and August. This is up from the 434 that were delivered in the same period last year. The total included 57 deliveries during August. The France-based company released data showing that deliveries of the A330 wide body jet resumed in August with one handover, after they had been suspended...

ArianeGroup, a European rocket manufacturer, is looking at a "potential increase" in the deployment of its Ariane 6 heavy launcher. CEO Christophe Bruneau said to reporters on Monday. The European Space Agency said 'on Friday that it was looking at increasing the launch rate for Europe's Ariane 6 rockets and Vega-C in future years in order to deal with a looming satellite deployment bottleneck. Arianespace, ArianeGroup's subsidiary in charge of marketing and operating launches out of French Guiana, wants to achieve a stable launch rate between nine and ten Ariane 6 rockets per year, starting in 2027. Bruneau said at...

On Sunday, five people were killed when a Boeing 767-3000 cargo plane operated by 21 Air on behalf of Amazon's Prime Air network overran the runway at Miami International Airport. The plane also struck several vehicles before catching fire. Here are some details about other fatal accidents that have occurred in recent years. UNITED STATES Air Canada Express'?pilot and?co-pilot?were killed and dozens of people were injured when the regional jet collided with an oncoming fire truck at New York LaGuardia Airport on March 22, On June 12, 2025, hundreds of people died when an Air India flight to London crashed...

The major Gulf stock markets rose in early Monday trading. Investor sentiment, however, remained cautious after a weekend of maritime strikes between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. Central Command attacked three Iranian oil tanks, including one close to Iran's important Kharg Island export facility. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy responded by announcing that it had targeted "three tankers" who were navigating unofficial routes in the Strait of Hormuz as well as three other U.S. ships in nearby waters. Saudi Arabia's benchmark index rose 0.1% thanks to a 0.4% increase in Al Rajhi Bank. Flynas, a Saudi budget airline, rose 1.3%...

After staff members stole free items to resell online, a Japanese sushi chain had to cancel its popular marketing campaign featuring cute "hamster-like" characters from the hit series "Chiikawa". Conveyor-belt ?chain Kura Sushi launched its Chiikawa campaign on August 21 with plans to distribute a limited number of branded items like pouches and plates on a first-come-first-served basis through the end of September. Customers could also win prizes by exchanging empty sushi plates with a game machine that yielded key chains, magnets, and other trinkets. Hiroyuki KOSAKA, Kura Sushi's spokesperson, said that the Chiikawa giveaways were so popular in its...

Jakarta's international airport, Soekarno Haatta, suspended flight operations until 9:30 am (0230 GMT) on Sunday because of volcanic ash. Indonesia's transport ministry reported that the suspension extended a halt scheduled to last until 5:30 am. It affected 209 flights including international flights. Anak Krakatau erupted late Friday night, and volcanic ash was detected at the airport on Sunday morning, according to a ministry statement. Berton Panjaitan is a spokesperson of Indonesia's disaster management agency BNPB. He said that the dispersal and accumulation of volcanic ash in Lampung Province on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, as well as Banten Province in Java has...

Portugal's government asked rivals Lufthansa and Air 'France-KLM to submit better offers for a'minority stake' in the 'flag carrier TAP', starting a final round of negotiations, after judging that both groups' first bids were too similar to choose one. In July, both European airline groups made binding but undisclosed offers to purchase a 44.9% stake in TAP. They also offered to become TAP's strategic partner. The?government received the assessment of the offers from Parpublica, the state-owned holding company. Leitao Amaro stated that the two binding offers "differeced in their content but were rated as being broadly similar overall". He told...

A top court in Sri Lanka announced on Friday that the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was arrested and remanded to a prison until September 18 for alleged graft related to purchases of Airbus aircraft by SriLankan Airlines. Namal Rajapaksa is a member of the opposition Sri Lankan Podujana peramuna. He was arrested after more than five hours?of questioning from Sri Lanka's main anti-corruption body, the Commission to Investigate Allegations Of Bribery Or Corruption. The order remanding?him came from Colombo Chief Magistrates?Asanga?S. Bodaragama. Rajapaksa has consistently denied any wrongdoing. His lawyers weren't immediately available to comment. His arrest is...

The stock markets of the United Arab Emirates rose on Friday, after a survey showed that the non-oil sector in the country grew at a steady pace in August. This was due to higher output and new business expansion. The S&P Global UAE Purchasing Managers' Index?rose from 52.7 to 55.3 in?August. Dubai's main stock index gained 0.7%, with broad gains. The blue-chip developer Emaar Properties rose by 2.2%, while low-cost carrier Air Arabia grew by 2.1%. Air Arabia announced that it would increase the frequency of its Bangkok flights by adding four daily flights to Sharjah. Abu Dhabi's benchmark Index...

Indian investigators reported that an Air India A320, flying from 'Phuket to New Delhi, last month, issued a stall alert when the seatbelt sign was 'off. According to the preliminary report on the 4th of August accident, an Airbus plane was cruising at 36, 000 feet and initially rose 372 feet before falling to 292 feet. The flight control system sent the two-second warning after it detected that all three hydraulic systems of the aircraft had failed within four seconds. This caused the autopilot to be disengaged and a cockpit alarm to sound continuously. Reports state that the hydraulic systems...