Mozambique's regulatory authority Mozambique Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) has given the go-ahead for three new airlines to apply for AOCs and all three are getting ready for operations

The US FAA said it is working with the commercial aviation and medical communities to study the emotional and mental health of US commercial pilots.

Russia’s Ural Airlines has become a member of IATA, which will allow the carrier “to optimize costs of international audit which the airline is required to pass, to get the information on the airline business new technologies and implement them,” the carrier said in a statement.

International passenger traffic in the Asia-Pacific region has increased 10% to 23 million in April, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).

Russian airlines have carried 51,800 passengers within the framework of the Far East routes subsidy program since April 1.

Kazakhstan-based Air Astana has opened a training center for engineers in Almaty, with certification in European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part 147 standards by Kazakh and European aviation authorities.

Lufthansa is considering setting up a task force to evaluate implementing random medical checks of pilots to improve safety in the cockpit, Lufthansa spokesperson Barbara Schaedler told ATW in an email.

A quick thought on a week that has once more seen the two sides in the US vs. Gulf carrier dispute counter-claiming and, in the case of the US coalition, touting growing support from the lawmakers, local labor groups, trade associations and authorities it has been lobbying in a grass roots campaign. These people, the Partnership for Open & Fair Skies says, now fear for the future of American aviation and American jobs.