In a story posted on ATWonline.com April 25 about an investigation into the crash of a Swedish West Atlantic CRJ regional jet, the headline mistakenly said it was a WestJet crash. WestJet is a Canadian airline; it does not operate CRJs and has no connection with West Atlantic.

Russian airlines carried 78,400 passengers in the first quarter through the commuter subsidy program, more than doubled from 29,800 passengers in the year-ago period.

Six major German airports—including Frankfurt/Main, Munich, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Dortmund and Hannover—will be affected by German public services trade union Verdi strike on Wednesday, April 27.

China Eastern Airlines has signed a one year extension of its fleet management deal with GE Avionics that will cover data collection and data mining from its 270-strong fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft.

Lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E) has announced its latest new member, UK-based leisure operator Jet2.

FAA is calling for more than 10,000 Zodiac Aerospace seats to be removed from service, citing design flaws that could cause injury if a passenger was thrown forward during a high-impact incident.

Indonesia-based Lion Air Group has signed a contract with technology provider Sabre Corp. to install a comprehensive airline operations and crew management system.

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