Since taking the role of Kuala Lumpur-based AAPA DG in November 2004, Andrew Herdman has expanded the organization’s role to ensure close relationships with regulators worldwide and other industry associations so that Asia-Pacific’s international carriers are well-informed and represented in global policy issues.Herdman spoke with ATW while attending the two-week ICAO Assembly in Montreal where the landmark accord on aviation emissions was reached.

There’s nothing cheap about loyalty,” the George Clooney character says in “Up in the Air,” a film about a dedicated mileage junkie. Or is there?

[UPDATED] FAA has decided to allow airline passengers to use portable electronic devices (PEDs)—including being online via Wi-Fi—“during all phases of flight,” the agency said Thursday.

Lufthansa will modify 157 of its Airbus A320 family aircraft—which connect its Frankfurt and Munich hubs with the European route network—to make them quieter.

United Airlines’ fleet service work groups, represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM), have ratified new joint labor agreements.

The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) has called for the dismissal of a fiscal reform proposal in Mexico, which would impose a new MXP0.12 ($0.09) tax fuel per liter.

US Airways, American Airlines and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have agreed to meet with a mediator in an effort to settle DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the carriers’ proposed merger.

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined United Airlines $1.1 million for a series of lengthy tarmac delays at Chicago-O’Hare International Airport one day last year when the airport was affected by severe thunderstorms.