Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called for air passenger rights to be tightened up to stop airlines from exploiting an “extraordinary circumstances” clause to avoid paying them compensation for delays or denied boarding.

French leisure airline Transavia France has signed a contract with Toulouse-based software solutions specialist Open Airlines in a bid to reduce fuel burn.

As a follow-up to the July 12 fire in a parked and unoccupied Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 at London Heathrow Airport, FAA on Wednesday issued a final rule and airworthiness directive (AD) for US airlines to inspect 3,832 Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) installed on US aircraft.

ACI Europe DG Olivier Jankovec is confident European airports will be ready for a partial relaxation of restrictions on carry-on liquids by January 2014.

IATA said Wednesday it has high expectations for the decisions that states will make at the ICAO 38th Assembly in Montreal next week and that climate change will be at the top of the agenda.

The Russian government has submitted a bill to its lower legislative house, State Duma, that would allow foreigners to stay in the country without a visa for 72 hours if they transfer by air carrier.

The European Parliament has called for a cap on the use of traditional or so-called “first generation” biofuels (produced from food and energy crops) and a speedy switchover to new advanced biofuels sourced from seaweed or certain types of waste,

US airlines (passenger and cargo) collectively employed 484,877 full-time workers in July, slipping 1.8% from July 2012, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).