Delta Air Lines’ complaint about JetBlue Airways being awarded a pair of US federal employee travel routes gets only more interesting when you study the so-called “Fly America” system and how the US majors benefit from massive government travel contracts.

The preliminary report on the Aug. 3 crash landing of an Emirates Airline Boeing 777-300 at Dubai International Airport stated that the aircraft attempted a go-around after initially touching down briefly.

IATA wants “a more ambitious timeline” for the market-based measures (MBM) carbon offsetting scheme expected to be adopted at the upcoming ICAO Assembly.

China, Europe and the US have pledged to join the initial voluntary phases of the carbon-offsetting scheme designed to help international aviation achieve its goal of carbon-neutral growth after 2020

Participation in a carbon-offsetting scheme being developed to help aviation achieve carbon-neutral growth initially will be voluntary for states under the proposed text of a resolution to be presented for approval by the ICAO Assembly in October.

Flight Training-Sept. 2, 2016

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), the union representing the carrier’s facilities maintenance technicians, have reached an “agreement in principle” according to a Sept. 1 statement from Southwest.

Lufthansa became the first European airline to participate in the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Pre-Check program Aug. 31.