The Feb. 12 release of the Trump administration’s federal budget proposal for the US government’s 2019 fiscal year (FY19), which starts Oct. 1, 2018, will provide insight into how much of a priority spinning off US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA still is for President Donald Trump.
IATA will partner with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) to establish a Global Safety Predictive Analytics Research Center (SPARC) in Singapore, according to an agreement signed by the two parties Feb. 7.
Lufthansa and Verdi trade union have concluded new long-term collective labor agreements for the approximately 28,000 ground employees of Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Technik and LSG Sky Chefs in Germany, the largest group of employees within Lufthansa.
Flydubai has announced that the award-winning loyalty programme of Emirates airline, Emirates Skywards will become the loyalty programme for both airlines.
Southern Pacific Flight Training (SPFT), a startup pilot training company in Brisbane, Australia, will receive the country’s first ATR 72-600 simulator.
Russia’s federal air transport agency Rosaviatsia has placed a limit on leisure carrier Azur Air’s air operator’s certificate (AOC) through March 20, according to a Feb. 2 statement by the agency.
The South African aviation regulator has grounded 12 aircraft from the fleet of carrier CemAir after finding irregularities in the maintenance procedures of the aircraft.
The UK civil aviation regulator (CAA) has launched a review of airline allocated seating polices after conducting consumer research that showed widespread confusion among the traveling public.
Worldwide passenger traffic grew 7.6% in 2017, outpacing the 10-year average annual growth rate of 5.5%, as passengers responded to an overall improvement in the global economy and lower airfares, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market Analysis for December 2017.
Sweden has become the latest country to regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, covering both private and commercial operators.
Maureva, a leading software and service solutions provider for the airline industry based in Mauritius, is now recognised by IATA as a certified provider and deployment partner of Air Austral, for its New Distribution Capability (NDC) initiative.
Paris’s public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the Air France A380 engine failure on Sept. 30, 2017, a judicial source told ATW’s sister publication Aviation Daily.
Ryanair said it has signed a formal union recognition agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) making it the sole representative body for Ryanair-employed pilots in the UK, where 25% of its pilots and fleet are based.
Nearly three years of contentious negotiations between ultra-LCC Spirit Airlines and its pilots may be nearing an end as the carrier’s flight deck crew prepares to vote on a tentative agreement (TA) for a new, five-year labor contract.
The US and Qatar have reached “understandings … on civil aviation” aimed at addressing the concerns of US major airlines about alleged subsidies to Gulf carriers.
A Qantas Boeing 787-9 has flown a transpacific flight using a biofuel blend, landing in Melbourne Jan. 30 after a 15 hour flight from Los Angeles. The General Electric GEnx-powered flight used a 10% blend of biofuel made from carinata.
US secretary of state Rex Tillerson will finalize an agreement with Qatar on Jan. 30 in which state-owned Qatar Airways will commit to be more financially transparent and declare that it has no plans to operate fifth freedom flights to the US.
