Aviation/Aerospace sector

India’s ‘unsinkable carrier’ near South-east Asia – and its China calculation

Workers unloading shipping containers from the Nalanda passenger vessel at Kamorta in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands on March 25.

Singapore aeromodelling teams take historic third place at world championships in Perth

Singapore Youth Flying Club, 2026 FAI F2 World Championship for Control Line Model Aircraft, Singapore Junior Team

(From left) Melvin Tan, 18, Ethan lok, 14, Moovendra Vickineswaran, 15, Mr Kevin Su, and Daryl Chow, 19, at Singapore Youth Flying Club on May 23, 2026.

IndiGo, Air India cut June-July domestic flights amid high jet fuel prices, sources say

IndiGo has cut around 7 per cent to 10 per cent of its planned domestic flights for the period.

Building resilience in peacetime helped SATS post record revenue despite Middle East crisis: CEO

Sats president and chief executive Kerry Mok attributed the air cargo handler's readiness in the wake of the Middle East conflict to long-term planning.

Shift Happens

Why your flight is more likely to encounter turbulence or disruptions

Turbulence, which is forecast to be more frequent and unpredictable, poses cabin safety risks, particularly when passengers or crew are unbelted.

Sinkhole expected to keep New York LaGuardia airport runway shut until May 23

A sinkhole near a runway at New York’s LaGuardia airport has caused flight delays.

China says it will buy 200 Boeing jets, seek extension of US trade truce

An Air China Boeing 737 MAX 8 taxis in front of an Air China Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on May 8.

CAAS ‘actively monitoring’ fuel emergencies on flights into S’pore amid Mid-East conflict

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has presented new safety risks to the aviation sector.

Final investigative report on SQ321 incident

What happened on the turbulence-hit SIA flight that left one dead and 79 hurt?

The final report by the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau found that neither the on-board weather radar nor the pilots on SIA Flight SQ321 detected inclement weather.

India to monitor Boeing fuel-switch test tied to Air India London incident, documents show

UK authorities investigated the incident, but Boeing privately told Air India in February the module containing the fuel switches was found to be “serviceable”

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