Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO Mark Dunkerley told a Washington DC audience that government policy has not kept up with changes in the airline industry, limiting smaller carriers’ market access.

The Latvian parliament has agreed to increase the equity of national carrier airBaltic by €80 million ($87 million) as part of a deal to consolidate and increase its operations in the Baltic region.

Finnair is seeking to recruit 100 new pilots and 300 new cabin attendants in 2016 as part of plans to grow long-haul traffic following the delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in October.

Australian investigators believe both of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370’s engines flamed out, suggesting the Boeing 777-200 was not intentionally ditched.

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Boeing announced it will collaborate with the University of British Columbia and SkyNRG—with support from Canada’s aviation industry—to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel.

The Indonesian government has received inquiries from two foreign-owned airlines for the remaining assets of failed government-sponsored regional carrier Merpati Nusantara Airlines.

Luxembourg-based Cargolux pilots, represented by the ALPL and the LCGB unions, said that latest negotiations have shown signs of positive developments.