India’s aviation security overseer, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), is “badly understaffed,” India civil aviation secretary V Somasundaran said at a recent industry event.
Southwest Airlines has filed an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide daily, nonstop service between Denver International Airport and Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and its five ground handling unions have negotiated a new 18-month collective labor agreement (CLA), which will contribute significantly to Air France-KLM’s Perform 2020 program.
More than 75 union leaders from the LATAM Airlines Group in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Paraguay are meeting in Santiago to support striking LAN Express maintenance and ground operations staff.
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 225 airports worldwide - current through February 2015 - presented by monthly and year-to-date figures.
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat said its second Global Xpress (GX) satellite—Inmarsat-5 F2 (I-5 F2) launched Feb. 2—has completed its orbital deployment stages on schedule.
ICAO has launched a prototype online conflict zone risk information repository aimed at providing up-to-date information on potential risks posed to civil aviation by armed conflicts.
The US is reviewing a report that alleges Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways receive billions of dollars of state subsidies. The government has also established an open forum where information and views on the issue can be submitted.
Air France regional HOP! will take five ATR 72-600s from Danish lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), firming up plans exclusively revealed by ATW in January.
Russia’s Transaero Airlines has spent RUB9 billion ($171 million) on a three-year loan from VTB Bank for salaries, tax payments, fuel acquisition, MRO and payments for air navigation services.
Air Seychelles and Air France have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that lays the groundwork for a commercial agreement to include codeshare opportunities and reciprocal frequent flyer benefits.
Turkish Airlines has inaugurated 5X-weekly Boeing 777-300ER service from Istanbul Ataturk to San Francisco, California. This is the Istanbul-based carrier’s second destination in California and its 11th service in the Americas.
Vietnamese low-cost carrier (LCC) Vietjet Air will launch services from Vietnamese tourist destinations to tier-two cities in China, such as Kunming and Hangzhou.
Star Alliance member EgyptAir said that its 2015 summer schedule will be stable in terms of frequencies compared to last year. The summer schedule runs through Oct. 24.
Emirates Airline has announced its first Airbus A380 service in a dual-class cabin layout (without first class) on the Dubai-Copenhagen route from Dec. 1.
