The Indonesian national Search and Rescue Authority, Basarnas, will call off its search for bodies from Indonesia AirAsia QZ8501 crash March 22.

IT & Distribution-March 17, 2015

Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has called for a strike Wednesday and Thursday, the latest in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.

Europe’s aviation regulations may expand to cover ground handling service providers and could permit countries to pool resources for highly technical tasks like certification and continued airworthiness, a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) opinion on how its rules should evolve suggests.

The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold an election for more than 2,400 production employees at Boeing’s South Carolina facility in North Charleston.

Ural Airlines, Russia’s sixth biggest carrier, has requested government guarantees, spokesperson Sergey Antonov has confirmed.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has submitted a formal “opinion,” proposing that individual countries should be able to delegate some of their oversight responsibilities.

United Airlines pilots on the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 fleets will stop starting the auxiliary power unit (APU) after arrival to save money, the carrier told pilots recently.