Aviation

This is the second time since April that the carrier has increased the fuel surcharge, which was introduced in March.

The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani national, although his identity has not been officially confirmed.

Regional officials said Emirati authorities had shared with Israel a list of passengers and crew ahead of the flydubai flight on which an Omani co-pilot attempted a foiled crash bid.

Two pilots travelling as passengers rushed into the cockpit after the captain was attacked, helping stabilise the flydubai aircraft carrying 182 people.

Hamdan bin Mohammed visited injured flydubai captain in hospital and praised his courage in averting a possible tragedy.

The UAE prosecutor general said that that co-pilot attacked the pilot inside the cockpit with a crash axe and attempted to take control of the aircraft as part of the foiled crash bid.

The US president said investigators were still probing whether the co-pilot who attacked the captain had links to Tehran.

Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) trials at Bengaluru and Cochin airports will refine scanner algorithms using collected data before deciding on wider deployment.

The prime minister also spoke to the wife and parents of the Indian pilot and enquired about Machchhar’s health as he undergoes treatment in Saudi Arabia.

Netanyahu's comments were in response to a question about whether there was any indication of Iranian involvement in the incident, during an interview with Fox News.

Machchhar was seriously injured after an alleged stabbing by his co-pilot during the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saudi Arabia arrested the copilot.

The aircraft was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv when an altercation between the two pilots broke out in the cockpit.