An air traffic controller’s errant instruction to turn left instead of right toward an assigned heading during a rare departure pattern out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) led an EVA Air Boeing 777 to within hundreds of feet of a mountain peak topped with large antennas, an investigation by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found.

A group of Alitalia pilot and cabin crew unions said they would strike June 24, delaying a planned walk out until after the latest deadline for a formal bid for the bankrupt carrier.

The FAA has yet to develop a plan for modernizing its Civil Aviation Registry—despite being required to complete upgrades by October 2021—according to a new audit report from the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG).

A group representing US consumers wants Congress to abandon proposals under consideration to raise the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) cap to $8.50 per segment from $4, saying the hike would “disproportionately burden budget-conscious consumers and families.”

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is soliciting nominees for a new Lithium Battery Safety Advisory Committee that will be housed within the Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

A coalition of aviation groups is urging the US Congress to “expeditiously consider and pass” a White House proposal to provide supplemental funding to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to counter the diversion of CBP Officers (CBPO) from airports to the US-Mexico border.

South African regional airline CemAir is hoping to resume operations after an appeal committee overturned the South African CAA’s (SACAA) decision to ground the airline twice in two months.

The leak of a study funded by the European Commission has thrown the issue of aviation taxation into the spotlight, with sustainable transport lobby group Transport & Environment (T&E), saying the report shows taxing aviation fuel would significantly cut emissions without affecting GDP and employment.