EU and U.S. sanctions aim to cripple Russian carriers
Having initially targeted Russia’s leasing sector, Western-backed sanctions have now taken aim at the country’s airline and aerospace sectors as… Read More »
US sanctions Mahan Air’s Chinese cargo GSA
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added Shanghai Saint Logistics Limited to… Read More »
Iran says European insurers should pay compensation for downed Ukrainian plane
Iran will not compensate Ukraine International Airlines for its plane Tehran accidentally downed in January because the passenger jet was… Read More »
Iran ‘likely’ to give Ukrainian airplane black box to France
Following the Ukrainian’s side delay in responding to Iran’s offer regarding the Ukrainian plane’s black box, the Iranian authorities have… Read More »
Passenger Plane Skids Off Runway in Deadly Crash
Three people were killed and another 179 were injured Wednesday after a commercial airplane skidded off a runway and crashed… Read More »
Pilots criticise lack of agreement on conflict zones
The shootdown of Ukrainian Airlines flight in Iran on 8 January had been viewed by many commercial pilots that the… Read More »
Experts see holes in international flight security rules
Questions about how and when planes are permitted to fly have been raised in the aftermath of the deadly crash… Read More »
Ukraine knew Flight 752 had been shot down, but it was careful not to antagonize Iran
Within hours of Iran’s stunning admission Saturday that its missile mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, Ukraine made a… Read More »