The FAA should change its approach to assessing safety risk when it considers unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, the Washington DC-based National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommended in a study released June 11.

Air France said its pilots’ unions have called for strikes on June 23, 24, 25 and 26, part of a long-running dispute between employees and management over pay, and condemned the unions’ move as “incompatible with any concern for the company’s future.”

Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme of Etihad Airways, has partnered with Abu Dhabi Mall, giving shoppers the chance to win up to 1.5 million Etihad Guest Miles between now and 26 September 2018.

European transport ministers have agreed on proposals to support competitiveness and sustainability in the mobility sector, including one aimed at safeguarding competition within air transport, paving the way for negotiations with the European Parliament.

The CEO of Europe’s largest regional airline, Flybe, has called on the UK regulator to start taking a hard look at companies milking the European Union (EU) compensation regulations for delayed or canceled flights.

An arbitrator’s binding interim order has paved the way for Calgary-based WestJet’s ultra-LCC Swoop to launch later this month with pilots recruited from outside the company, but the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) will become the pilots’ representative by September.

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) criticized FAA’s management of safety risks for small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in a 92-page report, citing a lack of reliable data and risk management principles that the agency only “partially follows.”

Victoria Moores speaks with Virgin Hyperloop One head of marketing and communications Ryan Kelly at Future Travel Experience Europe in Dublin.