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The Asiana board says it will meet again in November, after an Oct. 30 meeting about Korean Air’s proposal did not produce a decision on the freighter sell-off.

IAG is still in the pre-notification phase of the transaction and is still submitting information to the European Commission, the group's CEO reveals.

European pilots want scientific clarification and technological progress to achieve environmental gains from contrail avoidance.

South Korean LCC T’Way Air could play a role in Korean Air’s proposal to ease concerns from European regulators about the merger of Korean Air and Asiana.

Filip Cornelis, director of aviation at the EC’s DG MOVE, spoke at the IATA World Sustainability Symposium held in Madrid Oct. 3-4.

The European Commission launched an in-depth investigation of the Korean Air-Asiana proposal in February over competition concerns.

Flights between Vilnius and London City will continue despite the current PSO contract for the route coming to an end.

European airlines could face new hand-luggage regulations, affecting the size of bags allowed on board and the ancillary fees that can be charged.

With fewer slots available next summer at Amsterdam’s airport, the Netherlands’ plan to cap flight capacity to limit noise is starting to become a reality.

IATA says a planned reduction in slots at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol for summer 2024 confirms its “worst fears."

EASA’s final rules for eVTOL operations differ in significant areas from the FAA proposals.

EASA and the FAA are both without permanent leaders at a time when aircraft certification and other safety concerns are drawing new scrutiny.

A European Commission spokesperson told Aviation Week "the funding will go [to] ... SAF production, feasibility studies and assistance with ... certification."

As EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky leaves Sept. 1, Luc Tytgat has been named acting executive director.

Virtual airlines market flights under their own brand, but they do not operate any aircraft themselves.

Governments and nonprofits are highlighting the huge price gap between low-cost flights and more expensive rail services.

Government incentives to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are proving to be the way to encourage the speedy construction of SAF production plants.

The European Commission has opened a probe into whether a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) recapitalization of Scandinavian Airlines is in line with EU aid rules.

Airbus is to lead a consortium of 33 companies to study the potential development of a future European airlifter to operate alongside the A400M.

Rival European missile manufacturers are in a race to conceptualize a European hypersonic defense interceptor.

Clean Aviation structures a large part of the European effort toward future aeronautics, while research and technology are involved in early testing.

European carriers say they need support, not constraints, to help them decarbonize.

British LCC easyJet wants to expand further in Italy and hopes to take slots at Milan’s Linate airport

After consulting “a large number” of airlines and IFC competitors, the European Commission decided that Viasat’s market position would remain “moderate.”

ULCC Ryanair has won another legal case in its long-running series of complaints against airline compensation packages approved by the EU during the pandemic.