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March : MH370 July :  MH17 December : QZ8501 3 plane incidents in just a year, 2014 #PrayForQZ850 #QZ8501  #AirAsia Aircraft            : Airbus A320-200  Registration Number : PK-AXC Captain : Capt Iriyanto Pilot Captain Iriyanto had 6000 Flying Hours First Officer : Capt Remi Emmanual   Pilot Captain Remi Emmanual had 3000 Flying Hours Carrier : AirAsia AirBus A320  Flight No : QZ 8501  Pax  : 162 Missing Date : 28 Dec 2014 From : Surabaya in Indonesia  To  :  Singapore QZ8501: Missing AirAsia jet reportedly crashed in Belitung Timur An Aircraft has reportedly crashed off the east coast of Sumatera, in the waters of East Belitung. This report came after authorities confirmed that AirAsia Flight QZ8501 went missing earlier today. An Indonesian news portal Bangka Pos had quoted an official from H.A.S Hanandjoeddin Tanjungpandan Airport in In...

Air New Zealand orders crew to stop drinking on job  After boozy night led to 'intimate' video of Flight Attendant Staff warned after a series of scandals involving intoxicated employees  Four Flight attendants resigned after booze fuelled night in Wellington One cabin crew member reportedly recorded in intimate video Airline Investigated reports off duty worker straddled All Blacks member Another employee resigned after failing a breath test before a Flight  Air New Zealand has issued a stern warning to staff after a handful of employees created a scandal with a series of drunken episodes. Four Flight attendants resigned last week after a booze fuelled night in Wellington reportedly led to one of the crew being recorded in an intimate video. In the wake of employees’ well publicised exploits the airline has cracked down on drinking, punished those who breached its code of conduct and told remaining staff to be on their best behaviour. Air Ne...

It Is Good News For Travellers And Good News For The Industry And Good News For Air New Zealand Latest figures show 170,000 travelled to the US in the year to August, 23 per cent up on the same period the year before. The number of arrivals from the US has also risen sharply, up 12 per cent to 216,000 for the past year. Stella Travel general manager of marketing David Libeau said it made sense for Air NZ to fly to Chicago as it was the hub for its alliance partner, United. Las Vegas would appeal to a leisure and conference market and Houston would offer links to other parts of the US and Latin America. Chicago is almost 13,200km from Auckland but within Dreamliner's 15,372km range. It is well short of the longest commercial Flight the Qantas Airbus A380 service between Sydney and Dallas Fort Worth which is 15,350km. New US route planned •Air NZ is looking at adding to its routes to the US. •Chicago, Houston and Las Vegas are on the shortlist. •Chicago is almost 13...