IATA CEO and director general Tony Tyler will retire in June 2016 after serving five years in the position. Tyler’s retirement was announced Aug. 28 and the search for his successor has begun.

Pacific Rim air navigation services providers (ANSPs) Airservices Australia, Airways New Zealand and FAA are now using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract (ADS-C) technology to track aircraft across the Pacific Ocean every 14 minutes.

Ryanair will contest a ruling by a UK court that extends the time in which passengers can submit a compensation claim for a delayed or canceled flight from two to six years.

Aviation authorities in Asia and Europe are to conduct a joint study into wake turbulence to determine whether the distances between aircraft can be reduced while maintaining safety standards.

Services at Dublin Airport were suspended for 90 minutes Aug. 26 when a hangar fire broke out.

Plans to open the much-delayed and controversial Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) in Germany remain on schedule for the second half of 2017 despite the bankruptcy of its construction company, Imtech Deutschland, officials said.

As released by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on August 21, 2015: a comprehensive list of unmanned aerial vehicle events reported to the FAA from Nov.13, 2014 to Aug. 20, 2015.

Russian airlines have carried 306,000 passengers since spring on routes between the Russian Far East and other parts of the country under a government subsidy program, according to Russian figures released this week.