Finnair is preparing for possible flight cancellations because of work restrictions set by the Finnish Pilots’ Association after a collective labor agreement expired Nov. 15.

Lufthansa’s pilots are holding out on a real compromise, as the airline grapples with six days of strike action that have triggered 4,461 flight cancellations.

Lufthansa pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has said that their current strike is “a question of who can hold their breath the longest and our breath is very long.”

An Avro RJ85, operated by Latin American charter airline LaMia, crashed in Colombia Nov. 28, claiming the lives of 71 people on board.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has weighed in on a long-running subsidy dispute relating to Boeing aircraft, saying that a Washington state tax incentive on the 777X program contravenes WTO subsidy rules, but dismissing six other complaints made by the European Union (EU).

European network carrier lobby group the Association of European Airlines (AEA) will close, effective immediately, after many members joined the new cross-industry group Airlines for Europe (A4E).

Lufthansa pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has announced another strike for Nov. 29-30.

A pilot program version of an airport wildlife trafficking assessment tool will be launched at Mozambique’s Maputo International Airport this month, IATA has announced. A global rollout is planned for 2017, IATA said.