Scandinavian low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle has applied for a new air operator’s certificate (AOC), but declined to give details about the reason.
Gulf Air has announced the next step in its restructuring process into a regionally focused carrier, with a major expansion of its services to Pakistan. From Dec. 16 the Bahraini national carrier will increase its weekly flights to Pakistan from 14 to 21 in the face of growing demand.
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair will step up its presence in Poland with the announcement of its first two domestic Polish routes—daily services from Warsaw Modlin to Gdansk and Wroclaw—beginning March 2014.
The ICAO United Nations Aviation Assembly has reached an agreement to develop a global market-based measures (MBM) scheme for aviation emissions by 2016 that will be implemented in 2020.
[UPDATED] The Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination (ATCEUC), which was calling for an Action Day Oct. 10 to protest the European Commission’s SES2+ package aimed at speeding implementation of the Single European Sky, has canceled the strike.
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair said it will appeal a French court’s decision to impose fines and damages totaling €8 million ($10.8 million) for alleged nonpayment of French social security and state pension contributions.
International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh has described the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) final proposals for price regulation at Heathrow as “a bad day for our customers.”
European flights increased by 0.4% in August compared to the same month the previous year, according to figures released by the Eurocontrol Statistics and Forecast Service (STATFOR).
A trial of environmentally optimized transatlantic flights conducted this summer as part of the Topflight project, which was led by UK air navigation services provider NATS, has demonstrated better-than-expected results.
Airways New Zealand is expanding its multilateration surveillance network (MLAT) across the country’s South Island by installing nine MLAT sites in remote mountainous regions throughout Otago and Southland.
