The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Feb. 27 issued an interim final rule that prohibits passenger airlines from carrying rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells or batteries as cargo, noting their potential of causing uncontrollable fire in cargo holds.
AirAsia’s financial results for the December 2018 quarter were under pressure partly because of the carrier’s aggressive capacity growth, although the airline said the expansion will make it stronger in the long term.
International Airlines Group (IAG) will be removed from all of global index provider MSCI’s indices that include Spain, as a result of IAG’s decision to place a limit on the number of its shares that can be held by non-European Union (EU) citizens.
The Dutch state has more than doubled its stake in Air France-KLM and announced its intention to match the French Government’s shareholding, a move that raises questions about whether greater public ownership will help or hinder plans for closer integration of the two national carriers.
Airspace over Pakistan and a large swath of northwestern India has been closed to commercial flights after a series of air strikes ratcheted up tensions between the two countries.
New Zealand’s largest privately-owned airline, Air Chathams, is preparing to make important fleet decisions as it considers which aircraft will replace the long-serving models it plans to phase out.
Searchers on Feb. 26 recovered human remains from the scene of the Atlas Air Flight 3591 crash, but flight-data recorders still had not been found three days after the Boeing 767-300 dived steeply into a marsh in Trinity Bay, Texas.
The simmering battle between Southwest Airlines and its mechanics saw a new group join the fight, as the airline’s pilots’ union blasted management for “tribalizing and scapegoating” technicians to cover for an “ineffective” operation.
Markus Wahl has been named as the new president of Germany’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) after previous president Martin Locher resigned in a surprise move.
A senior official with Airlines for America (A4A) defended the airline industry’s record on emissions reduction before the U.S. Congress, saying the proposed Green New Deal (GND) call to replace air travel with high-speed rail ignores progress carriers have made toward increasing fuel efficiency and developing new technology.
Wing—the drone delivery subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet—was selected by FAA to participate in the agency’s unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) pilot program, the company announced Feb. 25.
TAP Air Portugal is planning to expand operations from Portugal’s second main airport, Porto Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport, to São Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) Airport; New York/Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and several European destinations.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), which flies a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and its sister carrier Edelweiss Air, which flies 15 Airbus aircraft, recently signed a five-year contract with aviation data and records management solution provider FLYdocs.
As the industry is assigning an increasing importance to manual piloting skills, regional turboprop manufacturer ATR has received a certification for the use of a full flight simulator in stall recovery training.
Boeing and Embraer expect to close their deal-making over commercial and defense aircraft JVs by year’s end, they said after Embraer shareholders OK'd the deals.
International Airlines Group (IAG) and other carriers negotiated their own agreement with London Heathrow on how excess airport charges in 2020 and 2021 should be repaid, after British Airways’ parent company said it “couldn’t stomach” the proposal put forward by UK regulators.
Turboprop manufacturer ATR said Feb. 25 it had received certification from EASA to extend the intervals between Type A maintenance checks for all its aircraft from 500 to 750 hours.
Three members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are urging the Comptroller General of the U.S. to consider the impact of an “arbitrary” provision from the 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act that they say has jeopardized funding to rural airports across the country.
