American Airlines is ending its codeshare relationships with Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways as a protest against what it alleges to be government subsidies of the major Gulf carriers.

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) named David Silver as VP-civil aviation.

Mesa Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), ratified a new four-year agreement with management.

US manufacturer Boeing is to add four full-flight simulators to its training center near London Gatwick Airport, turning it into the company’s largest training facility outside the US.

EgyptAir is the latest Middle East airline to allow passengers to bring personal electronic devices (PEDs) larger than mobile phones into the cabin on US-bound flights.

The European Parliament’s Environmental Committee (ENVI) has agreed a proposal to keep the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) restricted to flights within the European Economic Area (EEA) until 2020, but after that international flights could be included.

Europe will begin the arbitration process over Norwegian UK’s (NUK) application to serve US routes if the US does not soon approve the application, a senior European Commission (EC) official warned this week.

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG), Alibaba Group and Ant Financial Services Group (ANT Group) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand their partnership and deliver superior products and services to Chinese customers.