The UK government has relaxed the ban on large personal electronic devices (PEDs) being carried in the cabin of aircraft operating from two Saudi Arabian airports.

Bristol Airport, the main airport in southwest England, was closed for several hours Dec. 22 after a bmi regional Embraer 145 slid off the runway while taxiing, according to an airport spokeswoman.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) instructing the operators of a small group of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to ensure that no twin-engined airliner has both engines from the affected batch.

Despite a renewed campaign against the hub Gulf carriers, the three US major airlines ended the year with essentially nothing gained.

Irish LCC Ryanair is facing its first-ever pilot strike after German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) called for a four-hour walkout on Dec. 22.

The UK has announced plans to impose tougher sentences on people convicted of shining laser lights at aircraft.

The European Commission (EC) has cleared Lufthansa’s planned takeover of airberlin subsidiary LGW, as a decision on the sale of NIKI nears.

The US Commerce Department Dec. 20 announced final tariff amounts in its investigation of exports of 100- 150-seat commercial aircraft from Canada.