Russia’s Gazprombank will provide a RUB15.7 billion ($312.7 million) loan for Rostovaeroinvest to build new Yuzhny airport at Rostov on Don.

Russian airlines carried 29,800 passengers and operated 900 flights in the first quarter within the framework of the regional routes subsidy program.

A Xi’an-based Joy Air MA60 skidded off the runway while landing at Fuzhou Changle International Airport May 10, resulting in a wings and fuselage junction fracture phenomena.

Pilots from TAP Portugal and its associate Portugalia ended a 10-day strike May 10, in an ongoing dispute protesting the privatization process.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will inspect the MRO records and procedures of Thai airlines later this week after an ICAO report revealed lapses in compliance standards.

Korean airlines will face new and more stringent reporting requirements as part of a government drive to increase transparency in transport safety standards.

The UK government-appointed Airports Commission, which is due to publish its recommendations on additional UK airport capacity this summer, has launched a consultation on the air quality assessment of the three runway options shortlisted in its interim report of December 2013.

ICAO has completed a series of five Global Aviation Dialogues (GLADs) on Market-based Measures (MBMs) and their potential role in mitigating CO2 emissions from international aviation.