Tag: Planes

ATR eyes 20-plane deal with Iran

TOULOUSE: A deal for Iran to buy 20 short-haul passenger aircraft from ATR should be signed imminently, the head of the European planemaker told media...

Debt-hit Sri Lanka carrier to lease planes to Pakistan

    Sri Lanka’s cash-strapped national carrier is in talks to lease some of its new Airbus aircraft to Pakistan and Iran to reduce a $1...

Arabic graffiti found on Easyjet, Vueling planes in France

French police and airport authorities said Saturday graffiti, much of it in Arabic, had been found sprayed on four aircraft belonging to British carrier...

Britain, Germany and Turkey ground A400 military planes

Britain, Germany and Turkey said Sunday they were temporarily grounding their Airbus A400M military transport planes after one crashed near Seville airport in southern...

Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani as US planes pound IS targets

Kobani deputy foreign minister hopeful that arrival of 150 fighters with weapons, ammunition will tip balance of battle Nine IS fighting positions and a building...

Pakistan ready to start sale of JF-17 Thunder planes from next...

Pakistan has decided to start sale of state of the art JF-17, Thunder combat planes developed by the collaboration of China to other countries...

India to buy $12 billion’s French jetfighters

France's Dassault Aviation hopes to conclude its $12-billion deal to sell Rafale jets to India this year, with negotiations set to be taken up...

Lithium batteries: hidden dangerous aboard planes?

Tomorrow will see the dawn of new shipping standards for lithium batteries—and though they're designed to ramp up safety, the new rules may not...

Steps under way to send pilgrims to Iran by planes: Malik

The government is making efforts to send pilgrims to Iran by planes due in the wake of recent terrorist attacks on land routes, Interior...

Syrian jets bomb rebels despite UN ceasefire call

Warplanes unleashed a wave of air raids on rebel belts in Syria's north Tuesday even as the UN appealed for a nationwide ceasefire during...

Real planes that inspired The Bat in The Dark Knight Rises

No longer content simply driving over rooftops in his car, Batman takes his war against crime to the air in The Dark Knight Rises...

Govt planning to buy new planes to make PIA profitable

The National Assembly was informed on Friday that the government was going to replace the aging fleet of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) with new...

PIA planes wither but CAA doesn’t care

The recent incidents of emergency landings by passenger aircraft of the national flag carrier happened due to poor maintenance but the aviation regulatory authority...

CAA rejects US plea of parking 5 planes at Islamabad Airport

The Civil Aviation Authority has rejected a request by US to park five US planes at Benazir International Airport, Islamabad, reports said Sunday. According...

CAA declines US request to park five planes

The Civil Aviation Authority rejected a US plea seeking permission to park five US planes at the Benazir International Airport Islamabad here on Saturday. Media...

CAA refuses permission to parking of 5 US planes at Benazir...

Civil Aviation Authority has rejected US plea seeking permission for parking five US planes at Benazir International Airport, Islamabad here on Saturday. According to media...

Israeli planes raid Gaza Strip

Israeli warplanes raided the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, witnesses and the Israeli military said. The air raid targeted a tunnel dug under the border between...