Twenty aviation companies have presented a seven-step “Smart and Sustainable” plan to the Dutch infrastructure minister, with the goal of cutting at least 35% of Netherlands-originating civil aviation CO2 emissions by 2030.
Air France-KLM made progress toward resolving a long-running conflict over pay with Air France’s workforce after one of its pilots’ unions agreed in principle to accept a new pay offer put forward by the group’s new CEO Benjamin Smith.
British Airways (BA), Delta Air Lines, Finnair, the LATAM Group carriers and United Airlines have signed up to NDC Exchange, a platform that acts as a bridge between IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) and traditional distribution channels.
Norway’s government plans to increase the tax on flights to destinations outside Europe and cut them for flights within the region as part of broader plans to use taxation to combat climate change.
A Ural Airlines Airbus A321 and Pegas Fly Boeing 767-300 were involved in a ground contact incident at Zhukovsky International Airport near Moscow Oct. 7, Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecution Service said in a statement Oct. 8.
US President Donald Trump on Oct. 5 signed a bill into law to reauthorize the FAA until 2023, marking the first long-term reauthorization for the agency since late 2015 and its longest since 1982.
This summer, Flydubai has launched a special ‘Surf and drive’ offer for its passengers to enjoy unlimited connectivity for only USD 08 per flight, and have the chance to win one of two new Toyota Rush SUVs.
Ryanair has welcomed a ruling by the Commercial Court of Barcelona confirming the Irish LCC owes no compensation under European Union rules to passengers whose flights were canceled because of internal strike action, which were beyond the airline’s control.
Ten European airlines and two bodies that unite Europe’s pilot and transport workers’ unions have called on European Union (EU) regulators to take action on atypical-employment structures, arguing that these practices distort competition.
Alitalia’s employees are ready to strike if they do not receive reassuring answers about its future by Oct. 31, the deadline for the stalled sale process for the bankrupt airline.
The US Congress on Oct. 3 passed a bill to reauthorize the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) through 2021, marking the first reauthorization in the agency’s 17-year-history.
Etihad Airways has collaborated with the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, to introduce ‘Weqaya,’ a range of healthy food items, on-board its flights and in its lounges in Abu Dhabi.
The US Senate on Oct. 3 passed the bi-partisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 by a 93-6 vote, clearing the way for the bill to be signed into law by US President Donald Trump.
UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic has flown a Boeing 747 from Orlando, Florida, to London Gatwick on a blend of waste-gas biofuel produced by New Zealand-based LanzaTech, using an alcohol-to-jet (AtJ) process.
The FAA has proposed a $474,000 civil penalty against Denver, Colorado-based Frontier Airlines, alleging the company operated hundreds of flights without required medical supplies.
Forty-eight new airports have joined the Airport Carbon Accreditation program, taking the total number of airports worldwide engaged in climate action to 246, Airports Council International (ACI) told the Global Sustainable Aviation Summit in Geneva Oct. 2.
Vienna-based Lufthansa LCC subsidiary Eurowings Europe and trade union Vida have agreed on a contract for cockpit and cabin crews, retroactive to March 1.
Air France’s head of human resources Gilles Gateau is leaving the company on Oct. 12, marking the second executive departure in less than a week for the airline, which has been locked in a turbulent pay dispute with its workforce for months.
SITA CEO Barbara Dalibard believes technology can be used to dramatically cut disruption, which adds $25 billion a year to industry costs—a figure that is roughly equal to the industry’s annual profit margin.
The age-old debate deadlock over who ‘owns’ the passenger—which is a major block to data sharing—could be addressed by blockchain and the new European data protection rules, according to SITA CEO Barbara Dalibard.
