Air passenger traffic increased 6.2% year-over-year (YOY) worldwide in February—a significant improvement over January’s 4.5% YOY growth—according to IATA’s February Air Passenger Market Analysis report.

[UPDATED] A Korea-based Asiana Airlines Airbus A320 hit a radio installation on approach to Hiroshima Mihara Airport in Japan, causing damage to a wing and engine and injuring 27 passengers as a result of the resulting final off-runway stop.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will create an “aviation ombudsman” with powers to compel airlines to pay compensation.

Air Canada’s US-based workforce, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), has ratified a new collective agreement reached Feb. 4.

US airlines expect that FAA will allow a five-year “grace period” for full compliance with the agency’s 2010 mandate that carriers’ aircraft be Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out capable by Jan. 1, 2020.

[UPDATED] Alaska Airlines has confirmed that flight 448, enroute from Seattle to Los Angeles, returned to Seattle shortly after departure on Monday afternoon after the pilot reported hearing banging from beneath the aircraft.

India’s aviation security overseer, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), is “badly understaffed,” India civil aviation secretary V Somasundaran said at a recent industry event.

IATA has launched a new Standard Safety Assessment (ISSA) program for airlines not eligible for the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).