Alaska Airlines

The U.S. air safety regulator said Saturday that it was grounding some Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets pending inspections, a day after a panel blew out of one of the planes over the western state of Oregon.

The Federal Aviation Administration "is requiring immediate inspections of certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes before they can return to flight," the agency said on X.

Aeroflot topped the annual ranking for the most punctual airline in in the world for 2019, and Sheremetyevo - for the most punctual airport, Daily Mail reported, citing data from analytics company Cirium.

Alaska Airlines plane crashed on a highway in Alaska. Luckily, the flight from Anchorage to Unalaska Island did not end tragically.

The machine overshot the runway and stopped just short of plunging into the waters of Unalaska Bay.

At least 4 people were injured in the incident. Fortunately, there are no dead.

Alaska Airlines parent company Alaska Air Group said on April 4 it was acquiring Virgin America in a friendly takeover worth around $4 billion including debt to create the U.S.'s fifth-largest airline.

A definitive merger agreement had been unanimously approved by the boards of both companies, it said in a statement.

Bulgaria's national flag-carrying airline Bulgaria Air has been awarded a maximum safety rating by an annual analysis òf Airlineratings.com, a safety ratings site.

The ranking includes 407 international airlines on seven points ranging from international certifications to in-air navigation systems and fatality-free records.