A bill introduced in the US House on July 17 by Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) would provide the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) authorities to protect buildings and people from threatening unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

The Lufthansa Group will integrate sales activities in Africa for all its airlines and establish a new sub-Saharan sales headquarters in Brussels at Brussels Airlines.

Irish LCC Ryanair has signed a recognition agreement with the Italian union FIT CISL, which will now join ANPAC and ANPAV as a joint negotiating body for directly employed cabin crew in Italy.

The European Union (EU) and Latin American states have launched a new four-year, €7 million ($8.2 million), EU-funded project to enhance their ties in civil aviation, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said.

Henrik Hololei, the European Commission’s DG for mobility and transport—known as MOVE—has warned against a reverse “to a purely nationalist agenda,” and cautioned that Western nations risk undermining their leadership role in global aviation.

A US House bill has tagged a worrisome provision to the FAA reauthorization bill that would essentially regulate the size and spacing of seats on US carriers.

Ryanair has signed its third cabin crew union recognition agreement with the Verdi Union to represent directly employed cabin crew based in Germany.

After getting the nod from regulators, the pilot training joint venture between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and CAE will begin operations in August.