Investigations are underway into why an Air Canada Airbus A320-200 landed short at Stanfield International Airport at Halifax, Nova Scotia, severely damaging the aircraft.

In response to the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash, airlines around the world continued to move to implement a policy of requiring two crew members to be in the cockpit at all times during flights.

IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler has described the Germanwings accident as an “unthinkable tragedy” and stressed the importance of a full and complete investigation.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a temporary recommendation, proposing that two crew members, including at least one qualified pilot, should occupy the cockpit during flight.

Global combined premium and economy international traffic increased 3.7% year-over-year (YOY) in January, with economy class traffic providing the bulk of the month’s growth, according to IATA’s January Premium Traffic Monitor.

The European Cockpit Association (ECA), which represents over 38,000 pilots across Europe, has struck out over Germanwings flight 9525 cockpit voice recorder (CVR) data being made public.

Germanwings parent Lufthansa has created a new group safety pilot position, effectively immediately, and is updating its cockpit rules after Tuesday’s fatal Airbus A320 crash, which killed all 150 people on board when it went down into the southern French Alps on a scheduled flight from Barcelona to Düsseldorf.

[UPDATED] Norwegian Air Shuttle and EasyJet were among the airlines that changed their cockpit procedures on Thursday in the wake of the Germanwings flight 4U9525 crash.