An international force of up to 11 military aircraft and 12 ships continue to assist in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, but there was still no detection of wreckage from the Boeing 777-200 as of Friday, more than 40 days after the aircraft disappeared.

Flight cancellations in February were the highest-ever for the month, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. “The cancellation rate of 5.51% in February 2014 was the highest for any February, above the average of 2.88% in the previous 19 years and the … sixth highest (not including September 2001) for any month,” BTS said.

The final plenary session of the current European Parliament has adopted a new regulation giving national and regional authorities the right to have the final say in setting noise-related operating restrictions at European Union (EU) airports without intervention from the European Commission.

The European Commission has updated its aviation safety list, also known as the airline blacklist, removing all airlines from Swaziland, as well as Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific.

Alaska Air Group subsidiary Horizon Air said its dispatchers, represented by the Transport Workers Union (TWU), ratified a new four-year labor contract.

Air Transport World has announced it will launch a new category at the ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards in 2015.

Authorities will deploy the US Navy’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bluefin-21, to search the bottom of the Indian Ocean as a new phase begins to find the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200.

Noise-related operating restrictions at European Union (EU) airports will continue to be set by regional and national authorities, following a deal between Parliament and the Council of Ministers on Thursday.