Phuket International Airport authorities stopped a Nordwind Airlines Boeing 777 from taking off and delayed the flight for five hours following a "suspicious remark" from a Russian passenger.

Florida-based Spirit Airlines and its flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract.

Investigators have begun analyzing information from the flight data recorder (FDR) of flydubai FZ981 that crashed on landing in severe weather at Rostov-on-Don Airport March 19, killing all 62 aboard.

A flydubai Boeing 737, en route from Dubai to Russia’s Rostov-on-Don Airport, crashed on landing March 19. The airline said all 55 passengers and seven crew members on board the aircraft were killed.

Airbus has committed to build a $40 million aircrew and MRO training facility at Delhi, India to start operations in 2018.

Global airline distribution network APG has opened an office in Cuba to represent airlines in anticipation of growing demand for air travel following the country’s launch of initiatives to develop international business, with tourism as one of the island’s top industries.

IATA hopes to cut the amount of damage to aircraft caused by mishandling of cargo containers through a new safety campaign.

Royal Brunei Airlines announced acting CEO and deputy chairman Dermot Mannion will leave “shortly, on completion of his term of office,” and will be succeeded by CCO Karam Chand.