Airline associations have jointly called on the European Commission to align the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) with ICAO’s CORSIA initiative.

The FAA sent a team to Vietnam earlier this month to conduct a safety assessment, according to Vietnamese regulators.

Satellite-based surveillance system developer Aireon and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) have started pre-registration for the Aircraft Locating and Emergency Response Tracking (ALERT) service—a means of providing the last known position of an aircraft in distress.

The airport authority of Manila, Philippines, will seek at least PHP15 million ($280,000) from XiamenAir to cover costs of a runway overrun at the city’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Aug. 16.

The US lawmaking system depends on the to-and-fro of amendment additions. But Section 530, a provision hitched to the FAA Reauthorization Bill, should it become law, is a particularly egregious proposal that has grave implications for the 120 US Open Skies agreements.

Irish LCC Ryanair has started selling Air Malta flights through its own website, as part of a drive to improve the passenger experience, including website improvements, flight partnerships with other airlines and connecting flights.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and its pilots have hit an impasse in their collective-labor agreement (CLA) talks, after carrier failed to agree to pilot demands by an Aug. 17 deadline.

ICAO is holding discussions with North Korean authorities with the aim of scheduling an aviation safety oversight audit of the country.