In legal documents that were made public on Monday, according to Bloomberg, the Doha-based carrier said it didn’t break its contract when refusing to accept the jets.
The aircraft, registration B-1791, was performing flight MU5735 from Kunming in Yunnan province to Guangzhou in Guangdong Province on Monday with 123 passengers and 9 crew onboard, when its altitude started to quickly drop.
Meanwhile, the Association of the Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), a union representing almost 50,000 flight attendants in America, has said the move is in response to the rising pressure from staff for better working conditions.
Leonardo has confirmed the death of one of two pilots operating a Aermacchi M-346 Master, which crashed on the morning of Wednesday, 16 March.
Boeing has faced a lot of bad press in recent years, and deservedly so. However, Boeing has got a lot right too – and this is becoming apparent as events in Ukraine unfold.
Ed Bastian said at a Tuesday conference call the fuel surcharge is a must “as the market conditions permit”, and that raising the costs is “no question.”
