Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Jun 24, 2016
Following the UK’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union (EU), IATA said preliminary estimates suggest UK air passengers could decline 3%-5% by 2020, following an expected economic downturn and predicted falling British pound sterling (GBP) exchange rates.
Jun 24, 2016
279 firearms were discovered at 105 US airports in May 2016, up 28% year-over-year -- and the most-ever.
Jun 24, 2016
Florida-based Spirit Airlines and its ramp service team members located at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport have ratified a tentative agreement, completing negotiation of their first collective bargaining agreement.
Jun 24, 2016
Egyptian investigators are reportedly sending the damaged flight data and cockpit voice recorders of the crashed Egyptair Airbus A320 to French air accident investigation agency BEA, after failing to extract information from them, according to multiple media sources.
Jun 24, 2016
US Airlines tarmac delays of two hours or longer, ranked by percentage-delayed of the total number of regularly scheduled flights, lowest-to highest.
Jun 24, 2016
United Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) have reached agreement on the terms of a labor contract that would bring all 25,000 United flight attendants under a single contract.
Jun 24, 2016
The UK’s aerospace industry has been left reeling after voters elected to ditch membership in the European Union (EU).
Jun 23, 2016
Taiwan-based China Airlines’ flight attendants are set to strike Friday, the first airline strike in Taiwanese history, over changes in working conditions.