Lufthansa Group will be fueling its aircraft at Oslo Airport with a biokerosene mixture, becoming the first airline group to sign this kind of contract with Norwegian oil company Statoil Aviation.

Lufthansa has announced plans to hire 1,650 new employees in 2015, who will work at several points in Germany.

Indonesia AirAsia, the operator of the Airbus A320 that crashed into the Java sea Dec. 28, was not licensed to fly the route Sundays, the day it crashed, resulting in a route suspension by Indonesian authorities.

Sonar equipment being used in the search and rescue operation for the Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 operating flight QZ8501 has detected two large objects on the ocean floor that may be aircraft wreckage, AirAsia said Jan. 3.

After 26 years of waiting for liberalization, 2015 could be a positive year for African aviation.

The fire aboard a parked Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8 in January 2013 is one of the most significant events in recent aviation history.

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The Aircraft Tracking Task Force (ATTF) set up in the wake of the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 in March has issued its report with recommendations to improve continuous tracking of airliners.