Whether they are being spotted on the approach to a busy airport, dropping on to the White House lawn or crashing while carrying drugs in Tijuana, the issues raised by unmanned aircraft arguably are the most controversial in aviation for decades.

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has canceled air operator’s certificates (AOCs) for regional Air Samara and Moscow-based cargo carrier KAPO Avia.

A taxiing Korean Air Airbus A330 hit a parked Bangkok Airways ATR 72-600 at Yangon International Airport, Myanmar, at the weekend, significantly damaging the parked aircraft’s rudder and trim tabs.

In a first major step to regulate the use of small unmanned aircraft commercially in US airspace, the US Transportation Department announced Feb. 15 a proposed rulemaking.

Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) will not rule out further strikes over transition payments for early retirees, a spokesperson told ATW in Frankfurt on Friday after a two-day strike nears an end for its Germanwings low-cost subsidiary.

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn—along with several other unnamed companies—is set to file a billion-euro lawsuit seeking damages from 11 air cargo carriers, including Lufthansa and British Airways, for allegedly operating a price-fixing cartel from 1999-2006.

Just weeks after it placed four airliners with two Libyan carriers, Dubai-based lessor Aerovista has pulled them out of the North African nation, citing security concerns.

Ten TransAsia pilots have been grounded after failing basic oral tests on the correct handling procedure for an engine flameout after Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) and the carrier suspended flights to send all active ATR pilots for retraining following the fatal crash of an ATR 72-600 earlier this month.