Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Oct 21, 2016
Latvian carrier airBaltic has joined Airlines for Europe (A4E), adding to the lobbying group’s growing number of carriers.
Oct 21, 2016
The UFO flight attendant union for Lufthansa Group’s low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings has announced strikes could be possible at any time for two weeks, starting from Monday, Oct. 24, after talks with management failed.
Oct 20, 2016
“An unfavorable light” is being cast on US commitment to the law and its Open Skies agreements by the delay in finalizing a decision on Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application to begin flights to the US, New York-based JetBlue Airways has charged.
Oct 20, 2016
Italian flag carrier Alitalia has completed a major IT upgrade that involved switching its reservations system to a new provider, the airline said Oct. 19.
Oct 19, 2016
FAA is contending with a backlash from some communities around airports where Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures have inadvertently created concentrated areas of increased aircraft noise.
Oct 19, 2016
The White House press conference held Wednesday was purportedly about competition among US airlines. It was nothing of the sort.
Oct 19, 2016
Technology company Google is rolling out a new function that will tell users when air fares are likely to go up, and by how much, based on historic data.
Oct 18, 2016
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has outlined a collection of regulatory initiatives it is characterizing as consumer protection for airline passengers, including expanding airlines’ monthly operational performance reporting requirements and beginning the process for developing a rule on compensation for delayed checked baggage.