Two representative unions have signed agreements with Airbus’ management team, marking significant progress in an effort to avoid forced layoffs at the OEM’s commercial aircraft business in France.
UK transport secretary Grant Shapps has said uncertainty still remains over the future legal framework for UK-EU flights, as the UK nears the end of its Brexit transition period.
Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark star Harrison Ford has become a spokesperson for Airlink, a major coup for getting the message about the nonprofit’s rapid response disaster relief work outside of the aviation community.
Nigeria has ratified four bilateral air service agreements (BASAs)—with India, Morocco, Rwanda and the U.S.—and is pressing ahead with plans for a new cargo airport in the south east of the country.
WestJet, citing a lack of demand exacerbated by a local travel bubble, will suspend flights to Charlottetown, Fredericton, Moncton, and Sydney, effective Nov. 2, wiping out 100 weekly flights and 80% of the airline’s capacity in Canada’s Atlantic region.
The scale of the COVID-19 epidemic on the UK’s air traffic has been laid out in a report by Eurocontrol, the European air traffic control organization.
