Air France announced late Wednesday it will “immediately withdraw” the Transavia Europe project in a proposal to end the 10-day pilot strike, which is “heavily penalizing” the carrier, its staff and customers. In view of the concession, management has called on pilots to “return to work immediately.”

Air France expected to operate 46% of flights Wednesday and 47% of flights Thursday, as it comes under increased pressure to ditch its Transavia Europe plans.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the latest Southeast Asian airline to begin new services to Russia as the increasingly sanctioned country seeks alternative tourism destinations.

IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler has accused US regulatory authorities of micromanaging the airline industry’s relationships with its customers to such an extent it runs directly against the grain of the US Airline Deregulation Act.

Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways have reportedly halted flights to Sana’a International Airport, the capital of Yemen, because of heavy fighting between Shiite rebels and Sunni militia, the United Arab Emirates-based daily, the National, reported.

Finnair operated a flight from Helsinki to New York Tuesday with an Airbus A330 using environmentally sustainable biofuel, it said in a statement.

Combined international premium and economy passenger traffic slumped for a second month in July as year-over-year growth stalled at 2.6%, according to IATA’s July Premium Traffic Monitor.

The clock is inexorably ticking towards Sept. 30, 2015, when FAA’s current authorization expires. For those who have forgotten (many of us wish we…