The European Union and China have launched a €10 million ($11 million) aviation cooperation project, which will be managed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and partners, to link technical cooperation with policy dialogue between the European and Chinese aviation authorities.

All 23 passengers and crew died when a Twin Otter turboprop of Nepalese carrier Tara Air crashed in the mountainous Himalayan nation shortly after 1000 local time Feb. 24.

Russian airlines carried 16,770 passengers in January through the commuter subsidy program, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia.

Flights on several Nordic air routes will return to normal Feb. 24 following a settlement of a dispute between cabin crew and UK-based airline Flybe.

The US government has granted permission to Boeing to talk to Iranian airlines, as the Southwest Asian nation emerges from sanctions imposed as part of international opposition to its attempts to develop its nuclear technology.

ICAO said its 36-State Governing Council has adopted a new aviation safety measure prohibiting, on an interim basis, all shipments of lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft.

Travel Capitalist Ventures (TCV) is withdrawing its investment partnership in IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) innovation fund, it was announced Monday.

Southwest Airlines announced that its ramp, operations, provisioning, and cargo agents have narrowly approved the tentative agreement that was reached with union negotiators in late December.