Las Vegas-based ultra-LCC Allegiant Air has asked for a court order that would prohibit its pilots from striking over the lack of progress on a new scheduling system, claiming the move would violate their collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
Irish LCC Ryanair has served 90 days “protective notice” on over 100 Dublin-based pilots and 200 cabin crew, in an escalation of a labor-relations dispute that will see it shift at least six Dublin-based aircraft to Polish charter carrier Ryanair Sun.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold an investigative hearing Nov. 14 focused on the CFM International engine model involved an inflight engine failure earlier this year on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700.
UK LCC easyJet, International Airlines Group (IAG), Irish LCC Ryanair and Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air have formally complained to the European Commission, arguing that frequent French air traffic control (ATC) strikes are restricting freedom of movement within the European Union (EU).
FAA in a policy statement said it has exclusive authority over aircraft operations—including unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)—within navigable airspace, although it allows that state and local governments can regulate landing sites. The statement settles a debate that arose last year within its Drone Advisory Committee (DAC).
The Vietnam government has proposed raising foreign ownership limits in a domestic airline from 30% to 49%, while still ensuring that a Vietnamese individual or legal entity remains the major shareholder.
A bill introduced in the US House on July 17 by Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) would provide the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) authorities to protect buildings and people from threatening unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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.
