Low-cost, long-haul carrier Norwegian has seen no movement in its stalemate with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) over a license for its proposed transatlantic flights.

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Copa Airlines took delivery of the 100th airplane to join its fleet, a Boeing 737-800 decorated with a special decal celebrating the airline achieving this important milestone. The aircraft, leased from SMBC Aviation Capital, flew from Seattle to its Panama City home base.

UTair Airline will receive a RUB11.5 billion ($175 million) capital injection from the government of Russia’s Khanty-Mansi autonomous area.

Kyrgyz’s Avia Traffic Co. Boeing 737 ran out of runway while landing at Osh Airport in Kyrgyzstan on Nov. 22.

Lufthansa’s Independent Flight Attendant’s Organization (UFO) has lifted the immediate threat of yet another bout of industrial action.

IATA plans to start operating a Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) banking system in Cuba in 2016, helping to facilitate ticket transactions between airlines and travel agents.

IATA DG Tony Tyler visited Cuba in November to mark the 70th anniversary of IATA, which was formed in the Hotel Nacional, Havana. He met with heads of Cuba’s commercial aviation and tourism authorities and the CEO of Cubana. He hosted a celebratory dinner in the Hotel Nacional and saw the commemorative plaque marking IATA’s creation.