A China Airlines Boeing 737-800 was forced to make an emergency landing at Nagoya Chubu Centrair International airport on 8 July at 13:09 local time, due to low fuel warnings. China Airlines says the aircraft, bearing registration B-18667 (MSN 61777), was operating flight CI-170 from Taipei Taoyuan to Toyoma when the aircraft failed to land "due to weather factors". The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau said that the aircraft had attempted to make landing thrice, but was eventually diverted to Nagoya airport. The JCAB adds that investigations are ongoing. "The pilot declared an emergency to Toyama Air Traffic Control and was allowed to give priority to land at Nagoya airport. The remaining fuel supply was still within the safe limit," China Airlines said. There were 145 passengers on board.<br/>
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KLM says it will halt flights to Tehran "as a result of the negative results and financial outlook" following the US withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear accord. The airline, part of the Air France KLM group, made the announcement in a statement on its website Saturday. KLM said its last flight will leave Amsterdam on Sept. 22 and return on Sept. 23. KLM ceased flights to Tehran in 2013, resuming them in 2016 after the nuclear deal was signed. That deal saw sanctions on Iran lifted in exchange for it limiting its enrichment of uranium.<br/>
Pilots at Indonesian flag carrier Garuda have agreed not to go on strike, CE Pahala Mansury said Friday, easing pressure on the airline’s earnings at a time when oil prices are surging. The Garuda Pilot Association (APG) had threatened last month that at least 1,300 pilots and 5,000 cabin crew members from the carrier would go on strike, over complaints about management, reduction in flight hours and the removal of annual raises. Mansury said the airline still expected to break even in 2018, despite suffering from higher oil prices and rupiah depreciation, as well as the pilot discontent. “We expect to earn a profit in the third quarter,” Mansury said. Garuda and the APG did not comment on whether pilots would be receiving a raise as part of the agreement cancelling the strike. <br/>
Alitalia which went into administration last May has seen a rise in passenger turnover for the second month in a row, one of its bosses said on Sunday. The results prove the company "is on the right track," said Luigi Gubitosi, who was appointed by the government in May 2017 along with two others to steer the company then threatened with bankruptcy. "We end the month of June with a growth of 10.6% in passenger numbers after a 7.6% growth in May," he told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera. "Over the second quarter, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) will be balanced after a loss of 100m last year." <br/>