KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and its five ground handling unions have negotiated a new 18-month collective labor agreement (CLA), which will contribute significantly to Air France-KLM’s Perform 2020 program.

More than 75 union leaders from the LATAM Airlines Group in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Paraguay are meeting in Santiago to support striking LAN Express maintenance and ground operations staff.

ICAO has launched a prototype online conflict zone risk information repository aimed at providing up-to-date information on potential risks posed to civil aviation by armed conflicts.

The US is reviewing a report that alleges Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways receive billions of dollars of state subsidies. The government has also established an open forum where information and views on the issue can be submitted.

IT & Distribution-April 10, 2015

Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle has estimated that March’s 11-day pilot strike cost NOK350 million ($43 million) in additional expenses and lost future revenue, the airline said Friday.

Officials from Ireland’s Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) are studying the circumstances that led to two taxiing Ryanair aircraft colliding at Dublin International Airport on April 1.

Cargolux plans to transfer a second Boeing 747 freighter to its subsidiary Cargolux Italia, again stirring up fears of social dumping.