Airlines

Taiwan airlines to hike fuel surcharges 157% on international flights

The fuel surcharge increase will differ between short-haul flights and longer flights.

Chinese airlines to raise fuel surcharges on domestic flights

An Air China passenger airplane lands at Beijing Capital International Airport in China, on March 26, 2026. The airline said it will raise its fuel surcharge on domestic flights.

China’s top airlines cautious on outlook as Iran war raises fuel costs

Analysts said China's fuel surcharge tend to lag higher operating costs, which may erode profits as oil prices soar due to the Middle East war.

Korean Air to shift to emergency mode in April amid rising oil prices from Iran war

Korean Air, South Korea's largest flag carrier, is expecting fuel costs to rise to around 450 US cents (S$5.80) per gallon.

Air Canada CEO to quit after furore about crash condolence video

An Air Canada Express jet flew from Montreal to New York on March 22 and, after landing, collided with an airport fire truck, killing both pilots.

Air France leaves Paris’ Orly airport

(FILES) A photograph taken on June 24, 2020, shows Air France planes parked on the tarmac at the Terminal 3 of the Orly airport, in Orly on the outskirts of Paris, a few days before its reopening as France eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus). Air France is leaving Paris Orly Airport on March 28, 2026 to refocus its operations on Roissy Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, which will continue to serve routes to Nice, Toulouse and Marseille. The last flight bearing the French airline’s livery is a Nice-Paris service due to land at Orly at 9.55 pm, Air France told AFP. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

UN aviation agency limits use of power banks to two per passenger on flights

Passengers will also be prohibited from recharging the power banks during flights, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) said in a statement.

Garuda flight passengers evacuated after safety hazard detected during boarding at Changi

Photos of the incident circulating on social media show slides deployed on both sides of the aircraft for passengers.

Air Canada CEO draws scorn for delivering condolences over LaGuardia airport crash only in English

One of the plane’s pilots, Mr Antoine Forest, was from Quebec.

Gulf airspace closures leave Asia-to-Europe travellers stranded and bleeding cash

Stranded traveller Alessandra Giorgetti and her son Ascanio book an alternative flight to Milan after their Qatar flight via Doha was cancelled at Sydney Airport.

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