Finnair has reached an agreement with pilots on a series of cost-cutting measures that will generate savings of €17 million ($22 million) a year.

Indonesian authorities have approved an AirAsia X joint venture (JV)—Indonesia AirAsia Extra—although its first routes and launch date have not yet been announced.

Lufthansa on Friday canceled more than 200 flights, affecting 25,000 passengers, due to a six-hour strike called by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilot union over an early retirement scheme.

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has distributed the allocations of foreign pilots that Russian airlines can hire following the passage of air code amendments by the State Duma in April allowing carriers to hire non-Russian pilots.

Global air passenger traffic demand grew 5.3% in July, up 0.6 point from June and up 0.3 point from July 2013, according to IATA’s July Air Passenger Market Analysis report.

Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre (NAC) will jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of hydrogen fuel cells as replacements for aircraft auxiliary power units (APUs).

Although Asia-Pacific traffic continues to grow, intense competition is keeping airline profit levels in check as carriers flood the market with excess capacity, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).

Lufthansa Group pilots, represented by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, will strike for six hours Friday, which will affect short- and medium-haul flights from Frankfurt Airport.