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Prime Minister Theresa May’s EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs for a second time, throwing her Brexit strategy into further confusion. MPs voted down her deal by 391 to 242 – a smaller defeat than when they rejected it in January, BBC reported. The PM said MPs will …

Following the directive issued by the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, flydubai’s fleet of 11 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 2 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft have been grounded. Fly Dubai is adjusting its schedule to minimise disruption to passengers and will operate flights with its fleet of next-generation Boeing …

The United Arab Emirates regrets the European Union’s decision to include it on a list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. This inclusion was made despite the UAE’s close cooperation with the EU on this issue and ongoing efforts to fulfill all the EU’s requirements. The UAE remains firmly committed …

The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has announced that it is working along with the US Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing to gather information on the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines B737 Max 8 plane just minutes after it took off from Addis Ababa two days ago, killing the …

Come October, anyone living in the UAE can lease and fly an electric aircraft, provided they receive proper training, as per the Academy of Technical Training, ATT, standards. Officials at the ATT told Emirates News Agency, WAM, that receiving a licence to fly the electric-driven aircraft is open to individuals …

Four young Emiratis were miraculously saved after their vehicle fell from a mountain about 5 meters high, East of Ras Al Khaimah. The vehicle deteriorated several times and the four youth were injured moderate to serious injuries. The ambulance, rescue and patrol units of the General Directorate of Ras Al …

A flight had to turn back to Saudi Arabia after a mother reportedly left her baby at the airport. Kuala Lumpur-bound Saudi flight SV832 set off from Jeddah, but the pilot requested to turn back after a passenger told crew she had forgotten her baby in the boarding area of the …

US plane maker Boeing is facing questions after an Ethiopian Airlines 737 crash on Sunday killed all 157 people on board. It was the second crash in five months involving a 737 Max 8, and comparisons are being drawn with a Lion Air accident in Indonesia last October. In response, China …

A UAE newspaper has said that Dubai International, DXB, has retained its position as the world’s busiest airport for international customer numbers for the fifth consecutive year with annual traffic for 2018 surpassing 89.1 million, and that offers every reason for its officials to feel on top of the world. …

Fourteen people were killed in a plane crash in the Colombian plains province of Meta on Saturday, Reuters has quoted the country’s civil aviation agency as saying. The Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics said there were no survivors of the crash, which occurred after the DC-3 aircraft made a …