Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines and its administrative and technical staff have reached a new collective wage agreement, effective Jan. 1, 2014.

Yuantong Express, one of China’s largest express delivery companies, has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to launch a cargo carrier.

Recovery teams from LAM Mozambique Airlines and disaster management firm Kenyon International have arrived in Namibia, headed for the crash site of a LAM Mozambique Embraer 190.

The US government has said it expects American airlines to comply with China’s rules for its new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea although it is “deeply concerned” by the zone.

A LAM Mozambique Airlines Embraer 190 has crashed in Namibia. All 29 passengers and six crew onboard were killed, LAM has confirmed.

A LAM Mozambique Airlines aircraft has failed to arrive at its destination in Angola, but the airline say there are indications it may have landing in Northern Namibia.

A New York bankruptcy court has given the go-ahead for American Airlines' parent company AMR to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Dec. 9. On the same day, American and US Airways will merge to form the world’s largest airline.

FAA has issued an airworthiness directive requiring operators of GE Aviation GEnx-powered Boeing 747-8s, 747-8Fs and 787-8s to avoid flying in moderate or severe high-altitude ice crystal icing (ICI) conditions.