The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has revoked the “party status agreement” of the Independent Pilots Association (IPA) and UPS Airlines from its ongoing investigation of a UPS Airbus A300-600 freighter that crashed on approach to Birmingham, Alabama, on Aug. 14, 2013.
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) has given regional carrier Darwin Airline and Etihad Airways until Sept. 30 to satisfy the agency that the smaller carrier effectively remains under the control of Swiss or European Union citizens.
Icelandic authorities have raised the volcanic alert status for aviation to its highest level after seismic instruments indicated the possible beginning of an eruption.
In an attempt to ensure United Airlines and Southwest Airlines eventually can fly the same routes, the City of Houston has asked the US government to seek a new bilateral agreement with Mexico by the end of 2014.
Finnair CEO Pekka Vauramo has hinted he is on the verge of announcing aircraft connectivity plans, which could include a fleet-wide rollout of passenger Wi-Fi.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines CCO Karsten Benz will resign Oct. 1 to take over the newly created position of Group Infrastructure Officer, based in Frankfurt.
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House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) is reviewing another letter from Delta Air Lines calling for reforming the Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im).
Airspace closures should be an action of last resort in the event of volcanic ash contamination, according to new advice issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Turkish Airlines should carry 120 million passengers and operate more than 450 aircraft by 2023, CEO Temel Kotil told ATW in Istanbul in an exclusive interview on the carrier’s future fleet developments.
Lufthansa is in talks with Turkish Airlines about operating its joint venture SunExpress as a low-cost carrier (LCC) on long-haul routes, chairman Carsten Spohr told journalists recently, but so far have not reached an agreement.
Following FAA’s decision to prohibit US airlines from flying in Syrian airspace earlier this week, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued its own Safety Information Bulletin.
Baltic flag carrier Estonian Air reported a first-half net loss of €5 million ($6.65 million), narrowed from a net loss of €6.1 million reported for the same period last year.
Budget carrier Norwegian has opened a new long-haul base at London Gatwick Airport, supporting its Boeing 787 routes to Los Angeles, New York and Fort Lauderdale.
Airlines for America (A4A) said that, although extreme weather in the first quarter of this year almost derailed financial results, the airline industry overall reported a profit in the first half of 2014.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) said the bank should get out of the business of widebody aircraft financing, taking a different stance from others that are calling for the reform of the Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im).
Independent aviation safety body Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is close to releasing a two-year study into aircraft go-arounds, performed by social science research specialist Presage.
