Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
May 16, 2014
The Icelandic Parliament has banned all industrial action by Icelandair pilots, according to an airline statement.
May 16, 2014
A CityJet flight from London City to Florence was forced to return to the airport shortly after takeoff on Thursday when a piece of the wing became detached.
May 16, 2014
Russian authorities reportedly may delay the Bombardier-Rostekhnologii (Rostec) joint venture (JV) to set up a Q400 NextGen final assembly line (FAL) in Russia.
May 16, 2014
Airbus and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have completed a 10-hour flight from Amsterdam to Aruba with an A330-200 using sustainable jet fuel, the longest biofuel flight to date by an Airbus aircraft.
May 16, 2014
Boeing Flight Services and low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot have signed a five-year pilot training agreement to support the Singapore-based airline’s fleet transition to 787s.
May 15, 2014
FAA has dismissed requests for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) access to data from two of its voluntary safety reporting systems, one for technical services employees and one for air traffic controllers.
May 15, 2014
Republic Airways Holdings (RAH) is shrinking as a consequence of its pilots rejecting a new labor contract in April, according to chairman, president and CEO Bryan Bedford.
May 14, 2014
ICAO has forged a consensus among its member states and the international air transport industry sector to make the tracking of airline flights a near-term priority.