PARIS, July 5 — A deal between AirAsia and Airbus for the purchase of A321XLR aircraft will strengthen the airline’s operational capabilities for short- and medium-haul routes, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — AirAsia has signed an agreement to buy US$12.25 billion (RM51.72 billion) worth of long-range Airbus 321XLR aircraft, with deliveries confirmed by 2028, said Capital A Bhd chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.

PARIS, July 3 — Europe’s Airbus is close to winning an order from Malaysia Aviation Group for more A330neo long-haul jets, industry sources said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim conveyed his condolences to the families and friends of all those affected by the crash of Air India Flight 171 near Ahmedabad, India.

PUTRAJAYA, March 18 — Malaysia Airlines confirmed that Flight MH720, en route from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur initiated an emergency response following a cargo fire indication.

SEOUL/PARIS, Feb 28 — Next month marks three years since a China Eastern jet plunged into a hillside killing 132 people, with relatives still waiting to learn what caused China’s deadliest air disaster in three decades.

SEOUL, Jan 28 — An Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire today at Gimhae International Airport in the country’s south while preparing for departure to Hong Kong, fire authorities said.

SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 30 — South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation system as investigators worked to identify victims and find out what caused the country’s deadliest air disaster.

BAKU/MOSCOW, Dec 29 — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said today a passenger plane that crashed last week, killing 38 people, had been damaged by shooting from the ground in Russia, and he said some in Russia had lied about the cause of the disaster.

SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 29 — The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people today, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport.

SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 29 — Uncertainties surround the deadliest crash on South Korean soil, experts said today, questioning initial suggestions that a bird strike might have brought down Jeju Air flight 7C2216.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Malaysia has extended condolences to South Korea and Thailand after the tragic plane crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea today.

SHAH ALAM, Dec 29 — Several hours after a passenger plane crashed into a wall at a South Korean airport, an Air Canada plane reportedly slipped on the runway during an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada, yesterday.

SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 29 — At least 124 people have been killed after an airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport today, the national fire agency said.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 29 — The Malaysian Embassy in Seoul is gathering information from official sources and closely monitoring the aftermath after the crash of a South Korean aeroplane carrying 181 people at an airport in the country’s southwest today.

SEOUL, Dec 29 — At least 62 people were killed when an airliner veered off the runway and erupted into a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport today, the national fire agency said.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 27 — The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued urgent safety recommendations to Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on potential issues with the rudder control system on certain 737 models.

BEIJING, Sept 19 — China Development Bank Financial Leasing said its aircraft leasing unit would order 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, in a boost to the planemaker that has been grappling with a slowdown in Chinese orders and a strike by factory workers.

LONDON, Sept 5 — At least part of Airbus’s A350 fleet will be inspected as a precautionary measure, Europe’s aviation safety regulator said today, after an engine part failed during the flight of a Cathay Pacific A350-1000 passenger plane.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — Low-cost airline AirAsia, owned by Capital A, has raised US$443 million (RM1.94 billion) in dual-tranche financing to refurbish planes grounded during the Covid-19 pandemic, Bloomberg News reported today.