The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 75th Annual General Meeting (AGM) overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on governments to continue important work for full implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) agreed through the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Airlines face a major change in their access to fund raising in coming years and could see disruption as the financial world weens off using the Libor rate as a standard.
UK-based lessor Falko Regional Aircraft has reached a final close on its Falko Regional Aircraft Opportunities Fund II (FRAOF II), having attracted commitments of $650 million.
Austrian trade union Vida is launching a new offensive aimed at Vienna International Airport that it says could involve strikes, but support across airline employees based at the fast-growing airport seems weak.
Connect Airways said July 5 that the European Commission had formally approved its acquisition of flybe and work was underway to develop a new customer offering and brand for the UK regional carrier.
Industry has welcomed Europe’s publication of the first airworthiness certification rules for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft, but more remains to be done before air taxis can begin flying above cities.
Pilots at Air France regional subsidiary Air France HOP may strike because they want to be moved onto Air France contracts, following the unit’s rebranding earlier this year.
Qantas and GE Aviation are expanding GE’s FlightPulse flight analytics app to give pilots actionable information based on historical flight data that they can use to optimize individual flights.
A new group of investors are reportedly interested in buying a significant stake in Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB), although such a move would conflict with the airline’s own recovery proposal.
Australian regulators have given interim approval to a partnership between Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic that will see them cooperate in the Australia-U.K. market.
France’s air accident investigation agency said it had found part of the engine of an Air France Airbus A380 in Greenland, opening up the possibility of learning more about what happened, almost two years after the engine failed.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 4.5% compared to the same month in 2018.
Australian regulators have given interim approval to a partnership between Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic that will see them cooperate in the Australia-U.K. market.
At the 38th Ordinary Session of the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU) Governing Council held in Ouagadougou on 17 June, the Association of African Airlines (AFRAA) joined other key continental stakeholders to support PAPU's initiatives to promote the development of postal activities in Africa.
With Rolls-Royce’s decision to acquire the electric aircraft propulsion activities of Siemens, there is the question of Rolls-Royce’s positioning for the future and the extent to which its latest announcement is a reaction to current travails.
FAA senior executives reinforced the message that “Remote ID” is a prerequisite for enabling more complex drone operations that are now allowed only by waiver.
Hybrid-electric regional aircraft startup Zunum Aero has launched a new fund-raising bid, having failed in earlier efforts to raise the investment required to continue development of its 12-passenger ZA10.
Indonesia’s Citilink is considering long-haul flights to Frankfurt and Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah once the LCC begins receiving its new Airbus A330neos toward the last quarter of 2019.
Spanish LCC Volotea made a €15 million ($17 million) investment ahead of the 2019 summer season to implement measures that include coordinating flight operations with standby aircraft, adding more crews and improving passenger service.
