Entebbe Airport has seen an upgrade of its radar system to become ADS-B capable and will be able to use next generation systems including data links.

Gulf airline Kuwait Airways will undertake its long-awaited cutover to a new ticketing and reservations system this weekend.

Airlines want more power over pricing, but global distribution systems stick to the status quo. Technology or regulator intervention could lead to changes.

An EgyptAir Airbus A330-200 has sustained damage to one of its Rolls Royce Trent 700 engines during a takeoff incident on May 15.

A meeting between European Union (EU) and US officials over a potential widening of the ban on laptops and tablets in hand luggage has ended in agreement to hold further talks in Washington DC, during the week of May 22.

Airports lobby group ACI Europe has said widening the ban on laptops and tablets in hand luggage will have “highly disruptive and far-reaching consequences,” as European and US officials prepared to meet May 17.

The European Commission (EC) has added four airlines to the European Union (EU) Air Safety List, including Air Zimbabwe, but at the same time lifted an earlier ban on all carriers from Benin and Mozambique.

Pilots at Calgary’s WestJet have voted to join the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).