The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has revoked the “party status agreement” of the Independent Pilots Association (IPA) and UPS Airlines from its ongoing investigation of a UPS Airbus A300-600 freighter that crashed on approach to Birmingham, Alabama, on Aug. 14, 2013.

Lufthansa pilots could go on strike again, German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has announced.

Icelandic authorities have raised the volcanic alert status for aviation to its highest level after seismic instruments indicated the possible beginning of an eruption.

Airspace closures should be an action of last resort in the event of volcanic ash contamination, according to new advice issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Following FAA’s decision to prohibit US airlines from flying in Syrian airspace earlier this week, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued its own Safety Information Bulletin.

Airlines for America (A4A) said that, although extreme weather in the first quarter of this year almost derailed financial results, the airline industry overall reported a profit in the first half of 2014.

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) said the bank should get out of the business of widebody aircraft financing, taking a different stance from others that are calling for the reform of the Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im).

Independent aviation safety body Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is close to releasing a two-year study into aircraft go-arounds, performed by social science research specialist Presage.