Malaysian authorities are calling for comments on a proposed joint venture (JV) between Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) and Japan Airlines (JAL).

When it comes to sustainability, this industry is a good citizen. Airports and airlines worldwide, large and small, are doing incredible things to reduce waste, convert to solar and electric power, reduce their carbon and emissions footprints, and actively engage in wildlife and earth-sustaining projects.

The UK High Court has dismissed five legal challenges against the government’s plans to add a third runway at London Heathrow Airport.

With less than 18 months of FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (UAS IPP) left to run, officials involved are hopeful the effort will result in a framework of repeatable processes for approving complex drone operations in US national airspace.

FAA has issued an emergency order banning all flight operations by US pilots and carriers in Venezuelan airspace, citing “increasing political instability and tensions” and the “associated inadvertent risk to flight operations” stemming from the deteriorating political situation in the country.

Kazakhstan-based LCC FlyArystan launched commercial operations May 1 with flights from Almaty International Airport on six domestic routes to Taraz, Shymkent, Pavlodar, Uralsk, the national capital Nur-Sultan (Astana) and Karaganda.

New York-based JetBlue Airways, which has 60 Airbus A220-300s on order, has purchased two full-flight simulators (FFSs) for the type from training provider CAE.

Associations representing airports and the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry have formed a high-level task force to address the challenge of drone incursions at US airports.