Qatar Airways has taken delivery of its first of 14 Boeing 777-300ERs, which will eventually replace its Airbus A340-600s on long-haul services from its…

IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani says the first three quarters of 2007 represent a “big step backwards” for airline safety.
Speaking at the US FAA’s international safety forum in Washington DC, Bisignani reports that the average accident rate (hull loss per 1 million flight hours) for IATA-member airlines so far this year has risen to […]

A passenger aircraft has reportedly crashed in Turkey.
Reports from Turkey say the aircraft was being operated by Atlastjet and it crashed before landing in Isparta shortly before 02:00 while on a flight from Istanbul.
The reports say the aircraft was a Boeing MD-80-series type and was carrying 49 passengers and seven crew members. There […]

Turkish rescue crews have reportedly reached the wreckage of a Boeing MD-83 that crashed while on a domestic flight early this morning and reports say it appears all on board were killed.
Authorities told local media that all of the 49 passengers and seven crew on board are believed to have been killed in the […]

Hawaiian Airlines will replace its Boeing 767 fleet with all-Airbus widebodies under agreements reached with the European airframer and Rolls-Royce.