Calgary-based WestJet has reached a tentative agreement with flight attendants, represented by the Flight Attendant Association Board (FAAB).

The need for greater collaboration and information-sharing over where it is safe to fly was highlighted by the confusion that surrounded an incident in July when a rocket landed close to Tel Aviv airport, the CEO of Air Canada said Monday.

IATA officials said airlines require the caliber of state-acquired intelligence to decide when and where aircraft should not be flying.

The head of US intelligence has told the aviation industry that he believes in working jointly with them against security threats, but also warned that protecting intelligence agents and their technologies was essential.

Italian flag-carrier may eliminate close to 1,000 jobs following an agreement between airline management and its trade unions, according to an Italian news agency report.

The UK’s largest bank, HSBC, has joined a project between Virgin Atlantic and New Zealand-originating research company LanzaTech to develop a new, low-carbon fuel.

Deutsche Lufthansa is realigning its IT activities and will enter into a seven-year partnership with IBM, which it expects will reduce its IT infrastructure costs by at least €70 million ($89.4 million) per year.

Southwest Airlines and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)—representing the carrier’s approximately 6,000 customer service agents and customer support and services representatives—have reached a tentative agreement for a new four-year contract. The current contract became amendable in October 2012.