An Air France pilots union has expressed concerns over a plan being formulated to restructure the carrier’s domestic network, with low-cost subsidiary Transavia set to take on a greater role at the expense of Air France and regional brand HOP.
A move to change the rules of the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme (CORSIA) to reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic would risk undermining the entire program, the lobbying group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said.
Worries over a loss of competition on routes between Canada and Europe have led the European Commission (EC) to open an in-depth investigation of Air Canada’s proposed acquisition of Transat.
Airlines globally have so far received more than $123 billion in various forms of government aid, but IATA warns that the support is spread unevenly leading to massive market distortion in favor of richer economies.
Quarantine rules should be based on science and not be politicized, the head of IATA said Tuesday, as he warned that such rules pose a “major obstacle” to the resumption of air travel.
Most airline passengers are concerned with the health environment on the airplane as opposed to the airport, an online survey by Honeywell Aerospace indicates.
A group of major Danish companies is pressing ahead with plans to create what it describes as one of the world’s largest sustainable fuel production facilities.
MOSCOW—A Russian government official has confirmed that COVID-19 restrictions have delayed the certification of the country’s new Irkut MC-21 narrowbody commercial airliner.
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