The revision of European Union (EU) passenger rights bill Regulation 261 is on the brink of stalling, with airlines fearing continued financial risk and potential safety issues if it is not passed by June.

A Jet Airways ATR 72-500 made an emergency landing Monday at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport following an unspecified hydraulic problem.

IATA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) are publishing new training requirements for airline pilots in a bid to prevent loss of control in-flight (LOC-I) situations.

Southwest Airlines and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) 550, representing the carrier’s 250 flight dispatchers, have agreed to terms on a new four-year contract extension.

The crew of an Aer Arann ATR 72 flying for Aer Lingus is credited with “good airmanship” in finding a way to remove salt deposits that had completely blocked the view forward from the twin turboprop’s windscreen while attempting to land at Ireland’s Cork Airport in January 2014.

As expected, growth in the global air freight market returned to modest levels in March, with a cumulative 1.6% year-over-year (YOY) increase in traffic, according to IATA’s March Air Freight Market Analysis.

Emirates Airline has published an issue of its magazine entirely devoted to countering the allegations of government subsidies and unfair competition that have been leveled at Emirates the other two major Gulf carriers by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.

Boeing is working on a software fix for 787 generator control units (GCUs), but in the meantime FAA has ordered 787 operators to power off Dreamliners at least once every 120 days to avoid the potential loss of electrical power in flight.