The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the second non-European state to join the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Safety Assessment of Foreign Airlines (SAFA) program.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced new proposals for flight data and voice recorders and underwater locating devices (ULDs) in the wake of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

Worldwide passenger traffic grew 3.1% year-over-year in March, down 2.5 points from February’s 5.6% growth, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market Analysis.

Airberlin has entered into a contract with Sabre Corp. to provide a full suite of technology software covering passenger reservations, inventory, check-in, e-commerce, data and network management.

Worldwide passenger traffic grew 3.1% year-over-year in March, down 2.5 points from February’s 5.6% growth, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market Analysis.

FAA has announced that the University of Alaska’s unmanned aircraft system (UAS) test site—the second of six—is now operational.

Southwest Airlines decided to move away from Sabre Corp. as its reservations system provider and has entered into a contract with the Amadeus IT Group.

Former US House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee chairman Jim Oberstar has died.