Resistance to new ideas from long-serving staff is holding back airports from instituting IT solutions to solve many of the problems facing them, according to an Amadeus report prepared by consultants Frost & Sullivan.

American Airlines and the Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents 14,500 American pilots, both say the holiday pilot-staffing problem has been resolved and no flights will be canceled in December because of the issue.

Qatar Airways has won accolade for its new Economy amenity kits at both the OnBoard Hospitality awards and at Pax International last week.

A US federal court has granted Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings’ request for a preliminary injunction against its pilots. The Purchase, New York-based cargo operator had accused the pilots of its Atlas Air, Polar Air and Southern Air subsidiaries of an intentional work slowdown amidst ongoing contract negotiations.

Niki Lauda, ex-Formula 1 champion and founder of Austria-based airberlin subsidiary NIKI, confirmed his ongoing interest in partnering with UK-based Thomas Cook Group and its German leisure airline subsidiary Condor to bid for NIKI.

New regulations covering the civil use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) across the 28-nation European Union (EU) have been agreed by representatives of the European Parliament and European Council negotiators.

American Airlines indicated it is well on its way to resolving the pilot-staffing situation related to holiday season flights, saying it is down to just “a few hundred” unassigned flights.

Venezuelan carrier Avior Airlines has been added to the list of airlines that are banned from the European Union (EU) in the latest update of the EU Air Safety List, which is more commonly known as the EU blacklist.