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The search for the missing AirAsia Flight 8501 has been suspended overnight.

Indonesia AirAsia QZ8501's fate is unknown, but the flight could be associated with the first fatalities in the 18-year history of AirAsia Bhd.

The missing plane is an Airbus A320-200, which was delivered to AirAsia in October 2008, according to Airbus.

It was unclear whether there had been casualties or if any passengers were in the water.

The plane had requested permission to change its flight plan and fly at a higher altitude to avoid bad weather.

On Sunday afternoon, Indonesia formally accepted Singapore's offer to help in the search efforts.

Indonesia's civil aviation authority is leading search and rescue operations for the plane, which disappeared early Sunday.

Rights groups are concerned that the suspects are scapegoats for a military government keen on protecting the tourism industry.

The AAA estimates that 98.6 million people, up 4 percent from last year, will travel over 50 miles during the period from Tuesday to Jan. 4.

The environmental concerns facing Southeast Asia today have little to do with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Deadly tornadoes struck Mississippi on Tuesday, while the National Weather Service warns of severe storms disrupting travel across the U.S.

The Ebola death toll continues to climb, especially in West Africa, but North Korea may soon lift its travel restrictions.

The quake shook Fukushima where crippled nuclear power plants are located, but local media say there was no tsunami warning.

In the first such alert issued by the State Department in 2014, the government urged Americans to maintain "a very high level of vigilance."

Americans have been vacationing in Cuba for decades, thanks to indirect flights through Canada and Mexico.

Henan Airlines flight, carrying 96 people, had caught fire after it overshot the runway at Yichun airport.

Based in New Delhi, the full service Vistara will begin operations with a fleet of new Airbus A320-200s with 148 seats.

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The new Cuba policy doesn't actually open up travel visas for Americans, but it's a step in that direction, experts say.

Former Korean Air Lines executive, Heather Cho, may face legal charges if prosecutors pursue the case.

Poor nations with questionable human rights records are finding generous donors outside the Western world.

The senator says that fuel prices are they lowest they've been in decades, but consumers are paying higher airline ticket prices.

A technical failure at an air traffic control center in Britain caused widespread disruption to flights in and out of London last week.

Uber Sydney started the freebies after complaints it used a hostage crisis to price gouge, according to a published report.

A Chinese woman and her three accomplices were asked to disembark and were reportedly detained by police.

The underwater search, led by Australia, is trying to locate debris belonging to Flight MH370, which went missing over nine months ago.

The troubled airline is putting its fate in the hands of a European executive who turned things around for Aer Lingus.

Karnataka banned the U.S.-based taxi-service provider Uber, following similar actions by New Delhi, Hyderabad and Maharashtra.

Uber is dealing with the fallout of an alleged rape by a cab driver affiliated to the company in New Delhi.