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A Paris-bound Air France flight from Mumbai was forced to make an emergency landing in the Indian city on Monday after developing an engine problem, the airline and airport said.

2013-03-11T15:13:29ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/07/Womens_marked_with_all-female_superjumbo_73d5

Air France will mark International Women's Day on Friday with a 100 percent female crew on board an Airbus 380, the world's largest commercial airplane, for a flight from Paris to Washington.

2013-03-07T18:35:37ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/05/direct_Sudan_flights_March_d1a6

Dutch airline KLM said Tuesday it is ending direct flights between Amsterdam and the Sudanese capital Khartoum, citing rising costs.

2013-03-05T10:09:15ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/05/says_direct_Sudan_flights_March_4c7a

Dutch airline KLM said on Tuesday it is ending direct flights between Amsterdam and the Sudanese capital Khartoum, citing rising costs.

2013-03-05T08:21:15ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/25/Alitalia_boss_resigns_after_loss_ae45

Italian airline Alitalia's chief executive Andrea Ragnetti resigned on Monday after the troubled group announced a net loss of 280 million euros ($369 million) last year.

2013-02-25T22:25:35ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/22/France_losses_widen_restructuring_charge_2e4d

Air France-KLM said Friday its net loss deepened by nearly 50 percent last year to 1.2 billion euros ($1.59 billion) as it began restructuring to cope with the rise of low-cost airlines.

2013-02-22T13:01:28ZAFP Global Editionby by Delphine TOUITOUtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/19/Brussels_airport_heist_nets_50mn_aaf5

Heavily armed robbers disguised as police made off with $50 million worth of diamonds in a spectacular heist on the tarmac at Brussels airport, prosecutors and diamond dealers said Tuesday.

2013-02-19T15:19:04ZAFP Global Editionby Martine Pauwelstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/19/Brussels_airport_heist_nets_diamonds_c26c

Heavily armed robbers disguised as police made off with $50 million (37 million euros) worth of diamonds in a spectacular heist on the tarmac at Brussels airport, prosecutors and diamond dealers said Tuesday.

2013-02-19T13:54:37ZAFP Global Editionby Martine Pauwelstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/04/European_stock_markets_amid_Spain_23dd

European stock markets plunged on Monday and the euro dropped against the dollar amid political tensions in Spain and Italy and as traders locked in profits ahead of interest rate decisions due this week.

2013-02-04T16:26:19ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/04/European_stock_markets_lower_amid_d598

European stock markets fell and the euro dropped versus the dollar on Monday as traders banked recent profits amid political tensions in Spain and ahead of regional interest rate decisions due this week.

2013-02-04T11:50:46ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/02/Turkey_moves_mark_place_skies_ba10

Turkey is aiming to make a major mark in the skies with ambitious plans to build the world's largest airport and a vast expansion of the national airline as it seeks increasingly to build on its strong emerging status to become a global player.

2013-02-03T04:14:32ZAFP Global Editionby Ceren Kumovatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/02/King_Bibi_holds_Israel_throne_6398

Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tapped on Saturday to form a new government for a third successive term, cuts a figure of admiration and loathing at home and abroad.

2013-02-02T21:10:15ZAFP Global Editionby Philippe Agrettag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/28/Willem_Alexander_from_Prince_Pils_7219

Future Dutch king Willem Alexander, 45, has undergone a remarkable transformation from his image of a boozing Casanova, ill-equipped for the throne, into that of a serious, responsible family man well-loved by his people.

2013-01-28T22:23:37ZAFP Global Editionby Jan Hennoptag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/22/Israels_Netanyahu_faces_coalition_challenge_9272

Israel's rightwing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who narrowly won Tuesday's election ahead of a new centrist party, now has the complicated task of forming a new coalition government.

2013-01-22T22:21:20ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/21/European_stocks_gain_amid_holiday_0765

European share prices rose on Monday with London hitting a near five-year high in light trading amid a public holiday in the United States, although the luxury goods sector was tarnished by a gloomy outlook from the Swiss group Richemont.

2013-01-21T17:35:01ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/21/European_stocks_edge_higher_amid_5b00

European share prices mostly rose on Monday in light volume deals amid a public holiday in the United States, but the luxury goods sector was hit by a gloomy outlook from Swiss group Richemont.

2013-01-21T12:26:24ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/20/Iranian_airlines_face_turbulent_times_d324

Sky-rocketing fuel and ticket prices, a drop in passenger traffic and foreign currency shortages, all resulting from global sanctions, have forced Iran's aviation sector into turbulent times.

2013-01-20T22:45:49ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/19/Europe_blizzards_traffic_havoc_deaths_a135

Extreme winter weather swept across western Europe on Saturday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at London's main international airport and claiming several lives in Spain, Portugal, Scotland and France, including those of three Mali-bound soldiers.

2013-01-19T22:32:04ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/16/Japanese_airlines_ground_Boeing_Dreamliners_d6ab

Japan's two biggest airlines Wednesday took half the global 787 Dreamliner fleet out of service on safety grounds after an emergency landing by an ANA flight brought new trouble for Boeing's cutting-edge plane.

2013-01-16T18:00:14ZAFP Global Editionby Miwa Suzukitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/10/African_rebels_dangle_truce_offer_2ec4

Peace talks between rebels and Central African Republic officials got a potential boost late Thursday when the renegade fighters said they were prepared in principle to call a one-week ceasefire and dropped a demand for President Francois Bozize to step down.

2013-01-10T21:13:53ZAFP Global Editionby Xavier Bourgois and Jean-Pierre Campagne