Kazakhstan-based Air Astana will increase frequencies on existing European routes and add new destinations to Paris and Prague after the European Union (EU) Air Safety Committee (ASC) lifted restrictions.

FedEx chairman and CEO Fred Smith has praised IATA for moving swiftly to establish a task force on aircraft tracking improvements in the wake of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Search teams for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 have detected another possible signal in the vicinity of the Australian Defense Vessel Ocean Shield, Australian air chief marshal Angus Houston, head of the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), has confirmed.

FAA has upgraded airlines in the Republic of the Philippines to a Category 1 rating, as it now complies with international safety standards set by ICAO.

Piedmont Airlines’ flight attendants at Piedmont Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group, have ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement that was reached on March 6.

Alaska Airlines’ clerical, office and passenger service employees have ratified a new five-year contract.

Search teams for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 on Tuesday “reacquired the signals” detected last weekend on two more occasions, Australian air chief marshal Angus Houston, head of the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), has confirmed.

An ICAO Diplomatic Conference has adopted a protocol to address what the organization describes as “a troubling escalation in the frequency of incidents involving disruptive and unruly passengers on scheduled commercial flights.”