Star Alliance is evaluating new ways to create more value for its member airlines, CEO Mark Schwab told ATW recently.

Gulf carrier Etihad Airways has welcomed the European Commission (EC) review of aviation policy as a chance to embrace “bold reforms” that put competition and passengers’ interests in the spotlight.

ICAO has listed Thailand as a “red flag” country following an unsatisfactory response to a safety audit earlier this year.

Lufthansa flight attendant union said it would announce several strike actions July 1 if an agreement has not been reached by June 30 over pay and pension benefits.

Star Alliance carrier LOT Polish Airlines was forced to cancel 11 out of 200 scheduled flights Sunday at Warsaw’s Frederic Chopin Airport after its computers were hacked, grounding 1,400 passengers.

Air France-KLM has filed a submission to the US Department of Transportation, saying it “fully supports” US carriers—American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines —on claims raised about state-owned airlines receiving subsidies in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Poland’s national carrier LOT Polish Airlines will launch the LOT Flight Academy, making use of its existing flight deck personnel as instructors, the airline said.

Five cabin crew members were injured when a Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A330-200 hit severe turbulence on a flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo.