Airbus on Friday said intense solar radiation might corrupt data critical to flight controls in a significant number of A320 family aircraft and that the software changes required to fix the issue would lead to operational disruptions.
Tag: Global travel
Singapore Airlines group posts record SGD 2.8 billion net profit, boosted by Air India-Vistara merger
Giving a summary of the company’s financial statement, a SIA press release said that the SGD 2.8 billion net profit was “boosted by the one-off non-cash accounting gain of SGD 1.1 billion from the Air India-Vistara merger”.
Wild, wild west: Behold the rugged America that was here long before Americans
Driving on American roads towards Arizona is an out-of-the-world experience, much like a well-made 3-D American film unfolding in front of your eyes. The first surprise was unwrapped in a beautiful city called Albuquerque in New Mexico on the way to Arizona.
8 out of 12 toilets clogged within 2 hours of takeoff, Air India Chicago-Delhi flight forced to return to origin airport
“As part of our investigation into the incident, our teams found polythene bags, rags, and clothes that had been flushed down and (were) stuck in the plumbing. This led the lavatories to become unserviceable,” an Air India spokesperson said.
UAE extends visa-on-arrival facility to Indians from 6 more countries, including Singapore
Singapore, with a substantial resident Indian population, is one of these six countries newly added to the UAE visa-on-arrival list. The others are Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.
Singapore tourism hits new high: 16.5 million visitor arrivals in 2024; SGD 22.4 billion in tourism spend in Jan-Sept
India was in third place among top markets for visitor arrivals in Singapore in 2024, preceded by Mainland China in the first position and Indonesia in the second position.
Taipei, the rising star of Asian tourism, blends glitz of modernity with wealth of history
Christmas, in particular, showcases the American tilt in Taiwan that many older Chinese observe with a degree of discomfort. But the island nation, which constantly feels the gravitational tug of Mainland China, is open and welcoming to all cultures and lifestyles.
Global aviation in 2024: Kuala Lumpur-Singapore slides to No. 4 on world’s busiest flight routes list, as Hong Kong-Taipei seizes No. 1 spot
The majority of routes in the Top 10 Busiest International Routes for 2024 are in Asia, seven routes in total. From other regions, one route is from Africa (Cairo to Jeddah), one from Europe and North America (New York JFK to London Heathrow) and two operate within the Middle East (Cairo to Jeddah and Dubai to Riyadh).
Japan Airlines recovers from cyber-attack; announces resumption of flights from Dec 27
Japan Airlines said that there was no virus in its system or any customer data leaks resulting from the cyber-attack. It had first noticed the problem this morning (around 7.25am in Japan) when snags began to crop up in its luggage check-in system. Acting quickly, the carrier suspended all ticket sales — domestic and international — for the rest of the day.
Passport-less system at Changi Airport cuts immigration clearance time by 60 per cent using facial and iris biometrics
Passport-less immigration clearance had been fully implemented across all of Changi Airport’s four terminals since September 30, 2024. Within a fortnight, by October 15, around 1.5 million travellers have used this new system, which cuts the average clearance time per traveller by 60 per cent, from 25 seconds to 10 seconds.
