The Lufthansa Group will integrate sales activities in Africa for all its airlines and establish a new sub-Saharan sales headquarters in Brussels at Brussels Airlines.
Irish LCC Ryanair has signed a recognition agreement with the Italian union FIT CISL, which will now join ANPAC and ANPAV as a joint negotiating body for directly employed cabin crew in Italy.
The European Union (EU) and Latin American states have launched a new four-year, €7 million ($8.2 million), EU-funded project to enhance their ties in civil aviation, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said.
Henrik Hololei, the European Commission’s DG for mobility and transport—known as MOVE—has warned against a reverse “to a purely nationalist agenda,” and cautioned that Western nations risk undermining their leadership role in global aviation.
Irish LCC Ryanair said it would cancel up to 600 flights on July 25 and 26 because of planned strikes by cabin crew in Belgium, Spain and Portugal, adding to its labor problems during the peak European summer vacation period as a conflict with pilots based in Ireland also continues.
L3 Commercial Aviation will provide three Chinese airlines with flight simulator and training equipment—with the first of seven L3 RealitySeven full-flight simulators (FSS) set for delivery by the end of this year—the UK-based division of L3 Technologies said at the Farnborough Air Show July 17.
Ryanair said it would cancel 24 flights July 20 as pilots in Ireland go ahead with a second one-day strike over an ongoing conflict with management about working conditions.
An increasing number of airlines are starting to create their own training programs to establish new pipelines for pilots in the face of an anticipated global shortage, training integrator CAE said.
Mitsubishi has been forced to withdraw the MRJ90 from the Farnborough Air Show flight-display line up, after the test aircraft was damaged in a ground collision at the show.
A combined effort by the airlines, governments and training providers will be needed to address the looking global pilot shortage, L3 executives believe.
Training provider L3 Technologies is investing $100 million in a new London Training Center near Gatwick Airport, which will open in the first quarter of 2019.
Some 30 people were treated for minor injuries after a Ryanair Boeing 737 lost cabin pressure, made a descent and did an emergency landing in Frankfurt July 14.
Two Air China Boeing 737-800 pilots have been suspended and had their contracts terminated after the co-pilot allegedly smoked during a flight, leading to an incident in which their aircraft rapidly descended.
The UK’s aviation regulator has given details of the work it is undertaking in the event of a “disorderly” Brexit, where the UK leaves the European Union (EU) without an agreed deal between the two parties.
Irish LCC Ryanair said it welcomed the European Union Commission’s decision to approve Ryanair’s proposed acquisition of a 75% interest in Austria-based LaudaMotion July 12.
Atlas Air Worldwide (AAW), ramping up to meet rising demand from cargo carriers looking for lift, has signed an agreement with GoJet Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trans States Holdings, that guarantees the regional carrier’s pilots interviews with the widebody freight-hauling specialist.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines expects flight cancellations and interruptions July 25, as flight attendants and staff meet to consider a new collective wage agreement, which was announced May 1.
Ryanair’s Ireland-based pilots have called two more one-day strikes on July 20 and July 24, as a conflict with the LCC’s management continues despite ongoing talks between the two sides.
The FAA has agreed to improve its safety oversight of airlines after a finding by the US Department of Transportation Inspector General (IG) that its oversight of American Airlines “lacked objectivity.”
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), EASA and Airbus signed a tripartite agreement July 12 to collaborate on the development of safety standards and regulatory requirements for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in urban environments.
Air France-KLM is nearing two months without a CEO, with a replacement for Jean-Marc Janaillac, who left May 15 following a bitter dispute with unions over pay, still to be found.
