Aviation

Ministry of National Defence Mircea Dusa explained that the Supreme Council for Country's Defence (CSAT) does not have to convene on the airliner crashed in Ukraine, since it was not a military flight.

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) informs there has been no confirmation so far of Romanian citizens on board of the Boeing 777 aircraft crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday.

Romanian airline TAROM's flight from Bucharest to Moscow scheduled at 1.05pm EET maintains its normal departure time, but will avoid passing through Ukraine's airspace, TAROM communication manager Georgeta Dinu announced on Thursday night.

TAROM's website mentions that the RO 241/2 flights from Bucharest to Moscow and back are using a detour to avoid Ukraine.

Malaysian airliner carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed on July 17 in rebel-held east Ukraine, as Kiev said the jet was shot down in a "terrorist" attack.

Back in the day, airports were something else. They were cozier, friendlier and easier to navigate, but in today’s Turkey, they just keep getting bigger and more difficult At the moment, there is a big boom going on in Turkey.

The United States' troubled fleet of F-35 fighter jets have been cleared to fly again, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
      
The costly stealth planes known as the Joint Strike Fighter had been grounded last week after one of the plane's engines caught fire during takeoff on June 23.
      

Turkey is seeking to woo international buyers with its locally co-manufactured assault helicopter ATAK and unmanned aerial vehicle ANKA, both of which were developed by the Turkish Aerospace Industry (TAI), during the Farnborough International Airshow. The show comes amid the Turkish defense industry’s intensified marketing efforts.

The Farnborough airshow opens Monday with the non-appearance of the stricken US-built F-35 fighter jet overshadowing the traditional battle for plane orders between titans Airbus and Boeing.
      

Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil has been prized for “his role in the transformation of Turkey’s flagship carrier,” receiving the 2014 Airline Strategy Award for Executive Leadership during a fanfare ceremony in London.

Atlas, a giant A400M carrier plane that the Turkish military acquired from manufacturers Airbus in May, has completed its first international flight, the army said in a written statement July 7.

Atlas carried the Solotürk team, a group of aerobatic display F-16 fighter jets, to London on July 2 and touched down in Luxembourg on its return, the statement read.