Cathay Pacific Airways is implementing new inspection protocols and taking some staff off flight duties as the Hong Kong-based carrier continues to investigate how oxygen bottles were emptied on three aircraft in recent weeks.

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) executive director Patrick Ky said there is “still a lot of work to be performed” before it will allow the Boeing 737 MAX to return to service.

The European Commission (EC) has been outspoken lately in its defense of Air Italy as a European Union carrier. And the EC been equally outspoken on the need for strong safeguards to guarantee fair conditions for competition, including in its recently-initialed Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement with the State of Qatar.

A coalition of 28 environmental and public-health groups is protesting FAA’s push to provide regulatory relief for the civil supersonic aircraft industry.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is working to reduce its negative carbon footprint with more fuel-efficient aircraft, president & CEO Rickard Gustafson said as the company delivered what he called “disappointing” third-quarter results.