Following a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Red Alert warning by the Hong Kong government warning travelers against flying to Korea, Cathay Pacific Airways and its subsidiary Dragonair have committed to refunds or re-routing for all existing tickets to Seoul, Busan and Jeju up to the end of August.
Pilots from Norwegian Air Shuttle and West Atlantic Airlines will be represented by the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) on both the national and international level.
IATA has announced a new initiative—“IATA Cabin OK”—to optimize the accommodation of carry-on bags given differing carry-on bag sizes and airline policies.
Passenger traffic at Europe’s airports grew by an average of 3.2% in April, a decline compared to previous months, according to a report published by the Airports Council International European branch, ACI Europe.
IATA announced further growth in the number of airlines participating in pilots and live deployments to test and evaluate the New Distribution Capability (NDC) schemas at its AGM in Miami this week.
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat has confirmed it will be flying its Inmarsat-4 F2 (I-4 F2) communications satellite to a new orbital position above the Indian Ocean, creating a fourth full-service L-band region, which will offer enhanced connectivity capacity for customers in the Middle East and Asia (MEAS).
American Airlines (AA) and Qantas Airways are expanding their joint business by adding new service between the US and Australia, the CEOs of the two airlines announced in Miami Tuesday.
Dublin and Aer Lingus will host the 72nd IATA AGM next year and Aeromexico CEO Andres Conesa has been installed as the new chairman of the IATA board of governors.
irbus logged orders from five customers for a combined total of 17 commercial aircraft in May. Rival Boeing confirmed orders from four customers, three of whom were unidentified, for a total of 10 commercial aircraft.
East Timor, one of Asia’s newest nations, will see its first low-cost carrier (LCC) services from September following an agreement between the nation’s commercial carrier, Air Timor, and Garuda Indonesia offshoot Citilink.
Hainan Airlines’ subsidiary Capital Airlines has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to open two international long-haul routes—Hangzhou-Copenhagen and Beijing-Copenhagen—on Sept. 3 and 6, respectively.
The European Union (EU) has approved funding for a new volcanic ash detection system for commercial aircraft developed by Israeli-based Elbit Systems and infrared and ultraviolet specialist Nicarnica.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has tentatively agreed to re-authorize Delta Air Lines and Virgin Australia’s transpacific alliance for another five years.
Airlines are concerned that November 2016 may be too soon to implement an ICAO proposal for carriers to adhere to a standard of reporting aircraft position at least once every 15 minutes when in oceanic or remote airspace, IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler said.
The US Court of Appeals has ruled that Allegiant Air had the right to make changes in pilot work rules, following a dispute that nearly led to a strike action earlier this year at the Las Vegas-based low-cost carrier.
IATA objects to some Latin American and Caribbean governments implementing new taxes and fees and using airlines as a “cash cow,” a senior executive from the trade group said during the IATA AGM in Miami.
