The block on US President Donald Trump’s revised executive order temporarily banning nationals from six countries from traveling to the US has been upheld by a second US federal appeals court.

As expected, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) voted unanimously June 9 to allow a Boeing’s antidumping complaint against Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier to continue toward finding compensatory duties.

Mesa Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), reached a tentative agreement with management June 9 on a new collective bargaining agreement. A ratification vote begins June 26.

Rival large commercial aircraft (LCA) manufacturers Airbus and Boeing both claimed minor victories June 9 after the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling in their ongoing legal battle over improper government subsidies.

The Trump administration has not decided whether the US government will remain committed to the ICAO aviation emissions agreement and is unlikely to make a decision anytime soon, according to the US State Department.

US transportation secretary Elaine Chao said FAA cannot both increase the country’s air system capacity and maintain safety in its current configuration.

Industry bodies representing European airlines and airports have broadly welcomed the implementing details of the European Commission’s aviation strategy.

Airlines globally remain focused on their agreed emissions offsetting and reduction goals despite the US turnaround on the Paris Agreement, but there must be an all-out effort to achieve those targets by 2020, the head of the Asia Pacific Airlines Association (AAPA) said this week.