Irish LCC Ryanair said it would cancel up to 600 flights on July 25 and 26 because of planned strikes by cabin crew in Belgium, Spain and Portugal, adding to its labor problems during the peak European summer vacation period as a conflict with pilots based in Ireland also continues.

A provision tucked into the US House’s FAA reauthorization bill would require the agency to regulate airline seat sizes.

L3 Commercial Aviation will provide three Chinese airlines with flight simulator and training equipment—with the first of seven L3 RealitySeven full-flight simulators (FSS) set for delivery by the end of this year—the UK-based division of L3 Technologies said at the Farnborough Air Show July 17.

Ryanair said it would cancel 24 flights July 20 as pilots in Ireland go ahead with a second one-day strike over an ongoing conflict with management about working conditions.

An increasing number of airlines are starting to create their own training programs to establish new pipelines for pilots in the face of an anticipated global shortage, training integrator CAE said.

Mitsubishi has been forced to withdraw the MRJ90 from the Farnborough Air Show flight-display line up, after the test aircraft was damaged in a ground collision at the show.

A combined effort by the airlines, governments and training providers will be needed to address the looking global pilot shortage, L3 executives believe.

Training provider L3 Technologies is investing $100 million in a new London Training Center near Gatwick Airport, which will open in the first quarter of 2019.