IT & Distribution-March 24, 2015

More than 1 million people have enrolled in the US expedited airline passenger screening program, TSA Pre-Check.

Germanwings is a low-cost-carrier based in Cologne, Germany, founded in 2002. It is a subsidiary of Lufthansa Group.

[UPDATED] French President Francois Hollande has confirmed the crash of a Germanwings Airbus A320 and said there are unlikely to be any survivors.

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr has issued a statement via Twitter expressing his concerns over the fate of flight 4U 9525, operated by its fully owned Germanwings subsidiary.

Germanwings and Airbus are seeking further information after one of the German carrier’s Airbus A320s went missing from radar at 09:39 UTC on Tuesday.

For the second time in five months, Calgary-based WestJet has issued a “scam” warning related to a fraudulent offer for its services.

A Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-800 has completed China’s first passenger flight with sustainable biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from restaurants in China.