Finnair is gearing up for nationwide labor union demonstrations on Friday, Sept. 18, that could significantly affect customer service, baggage handling and other services related to flight departures at Helsinki Airport.

Today, when we look at a US national air transportation system that in many ways is still dependent upon mid-20th century era radars and other technologies, the same message applies: the system needs to modernize.

Russia’s Aeroflot, which plans to buy Transaero Airlines, will fulfill all obligations to passengers who have purchased tickets for Transaero flights.

The left GE90 engine on the British Airways Boeing 777 that caught fire on a Las Vegas runway has “multiple breaches of the engine case,” investigators said.

IT & Distribution Sept 10 2015

Boeing has again projected the Asia-Pacific region will have the greatest demand for commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians with 40% of the global need, according to its 2015 Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook.

Leaders of UPS Airlines’ pilot union, the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), have asked its members to vote in favor of authorizing a strike.

Lufthansa is expecting its flights to be “virtually back to normal” from Sept. 10 after its pilots’ strike was declared unlawful by a local labor court.