Russian authorities want to develop new rules to allow for closer monitoring of airline financial conditions to make sure carriers can fulfill passenger obligations, Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov announced Oct. 3.

French air accident investigation agency BEA has said damage to the Air France Airbus A380, which suffered an uncontained engine failure over Greenland Sept. 30, appears to be limited to the No. 4 engine and its immediate environment.

The ICAO aviation environmental protection committee has finalized recommendations for the new of Annex 16 to the Chicago Convention containing proposed standards and recommended practices (SARPs) for the CORSIA aviation carbon offsetting plan.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), which coordinated and led the huge underwater search for the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that went missing in 2014, has issued its final report, saying it is “almost inconceivable and certainly societally unacceptable” that what happened to the aircraft and those onboard remains unknown.

Virgin Australia is spearheading an effort to provide biofuel for airlines at one of Australia’s major airports, which could eventually spawn a local jet biofuel industry.

Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) executive director Michael Gill has warned of a looming awareness gap at both government and industry levels relating to obligations under the Carbon Offsetting and Reductions Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) agreed by ICAO one year ago.

The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) has launched a report aimed as a guide to how aviation can use the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for sustainability planning.

UK-based LCC easyJet, which launched a new booking platform called Worldwide by easyJet in September, will add four partner airlines by the end of the year.