After more than two years of being required to wear a mask to fly, U.S. passengers and aviation employees discovered on Monday that they could go mask-free in an abrupt about-turn that caught everyone by surprise.

The U.S. airline industry has quickly adapted to a recent decision by a Federal judge in Florida determining the mask mandate exceeds the authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

As market conditions begin to normalize, EU aviation regulator EASA has announced that it will no longer be allowing exemptions for cargo to be carried in passenger cabins, starting July 31.

Confusion over the validity of E100 “New Article Inspection” forms are causing headaches for U.S.-based repair stations.

A Federal judge in Florida has declared the U.S. government’s mask mandate for air travel is unlawful.

The U.S. domestic airline market carried 926 million passengers, of which roughly 165 million—almost 20%—took flights shorter than 450 mi. (the “regional market”) in 2019.

IndiGo has announced that a passenger’s mobile phone caught fire mid-air during a flight from Dibrugarh to Delhi on Thursday.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended its mask mandate for passengers and crew until May 3, as the Biden administration continues to evaluate the impact of the BA.2 omicron subvariant.