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Airliner with 110 aboard crashes in Cuba; three said to survive
A 39-year-old airliner with 110 people aboard crashed and burned in a cassava field just after taking off from the Havana airport Friday, leaving three survivors in Cuba's worst aviation disaster in three decades, officials said. The Boeing 737 went down just after noon a ...
Japan Airlines to start budget carrier ahead of 2020 Olympics
Japan Airlines Co. said Monday it plans to launch a low-cost carrier operating medium- to long-haul flights in summer 2020, the time Tokyo will be hosting the Summer Olympics and international traffic will be busy. The budget carrier, to be set up this July as ...
Japan Airlines may set up budget carrier, vice chairwoman says
Japan Airlines Co. is examining setting up a new low cost carrier to increase capacity and take on rising competition from budget operators. Starting a discount airline is part of the carrier's need to widen its product lineup, Vice Chairwoman Junko Okawa, 63, said in ...
South Korean police seek arrest warrant for Korean Air chairman's daughter
South Korean police are seeking an arrest warrant for the youngest daughter of Korean Air Lines' chairman on suspicion of assault during a recent angry outburst, police said on Friday. Cho Hyun-min, the younger sister of the notorious "nut rage" heiress of the airline, who ...
Panasonic unit agrees to pay $280 million to settle U.S. federal corruption probe
A unit of Panasonic Corp. has agreed to pay about $280 million (¥30.5 billion) in a deal with the U.S. government to resolve criminal and civil charges that the company falsified its financial records to conceal payments to sales agents in China and other ...
Narita Airport sees record number of flights for sixth straight year
The total number of takeoffs and landings at Narita International Airport in fiscal 2017 rose 3 percent from the previous business year to 252,447, hitting a record high for the sixth consecutive year, the airport's operator said in a preliminary report on Thursday. The growth ...
Korean Air Lines said Monday that two of its chairman's daughters will resign from their executive positions amid mounting public criticism over the women's behavior and allegations that the family engaged in smuggling. An official at the Korea Customs Service, meanwhile, confirmed that authorities raided ...
Korean Air Lines' labor unions called for the youngest daughter of its chairman, a sister of the infamous "nut rage" heiress, to step down from management after her alleged abusive behavior against an advertising agency official caused public outrage. Cho Hyun-min, also known as Emily ...
Sister of Korean Air 'nut rage' heiress investigated for possible assault
South Korean police launched an inquiry into the sister of Korean Air's infamous "nut rage" heiress Friday over claims that she hurled water into a man's face during a business meeting. Cho Hyun-min apologized for her "reckless behavior" after the latest incident to draw widespread ...
Sister of Korean Air 'nut rage' heiress apologizes for her own tantrum
The sister of the Korean Air "nut rage" heiress apologized Thursday for throwing her own tantrum at a business meeting, after media reports claimed she had hurled water into the face of an employee. Cho Hyun-min, the second daughter of Korean Air boss Cho Yang-ho, ...
Airlines reroute flights to avoid possible airstrikes on Syria
Some major airlines were rerouting flights on Wednesday after Europe's air traffic control agency warned aircraft flying in the eastern Mediterranean to exercise caution due to possible airstrikes into Syria. Eurocontrol said in a notification published on Tuesday afternoon that air-to-ground and cruise missiles could ...
