Safety, Ops & Regulation

Southwest Airlines will focus on increasing foreign points of sale as it expands its international network.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
British Airways (BA) cabin crew, represented by the Unite union, will strike again Feb. 22-25 in a long-running dispute over pay levels.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

An Austrian court has blocked plans for a third runway at Vienna International Airport on environmental concerns, a ruling the airport intends to appeal.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E) has completed its first year of operations, bringing both successes and some ongoing frustrations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russian authorities have removed temporary restrictions on the air operator’s certificate (AOC) of Pskov-based regional carrier Pskovavia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Hawaiian Airlines and its pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), have reached a tentative agreement on a five year, three month contract, following nearly two years of negotiations and strike threats.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Germany’s Hamburg Airport terminals 1 and 2 were temporarily closed Sunday, Feb. 12 after passengers and staff complained of nausea at the central security checkpoint.
Airports & Networks

Lindi-Lee Kirkman, International Air Transport Association (IATA) manager for safety and flight operations in Africa, looks at the issue of unifying the continent's airspace to determine if it is a dream or reality.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The European Commission (EC) is preparing an imminent revision of an aviation policy that may take aim at the major Gulf airlines and their increasing penetration into the European market.
Airports & Networks

During a White House meeting with US airline and airport executives, US President Donald Trump was surprised to learn that FAA administrator Michael Huerta is not a pilot and said it would be “better to have a pilot” leading the agency.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A US federal appellate court has upheld the suspension of President Donald Trump’s ban on nationals from seven countries from entering the US, roundly rejecting the Trump administration’s rationale for reinstituting the ban.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
IT & Distribution-Feb. 9, 2017
Safety, Ops & Regulation

US President Donald Trump has promised US airline executives that he will roll back regulations on the industry, ease carriers’ tax burden and upgrade an “obsolete” air traffic control (ATC) system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

As US President Donald Trump prepares for a White House meeting Feb. 9 with airline and airport industry leaders, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has pressed its case for the administration to revoke Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) permit to fly to the US.
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
US President Donald Trump is planning to meet with a number of US airline CEOs Feb. 9, the White House confirmed Tuesday.
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
The three major US legacy carriers are making demands that would jeopardize Open Skies and reduce competition, the CEOs of four US airlines tell the newly appointed US Secretary of State and Transportation Secretary.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
British Airways cabin crew, represented by the Unite trade union, will strike again Feb. 9 in an ongoing dispute over pay.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
A British Airways (BA) Airbus A319 had a taxiway excursion at Billund Airport, Denmark, Feb. 7 following a flight from London Heathrow.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

[UPDATED] The immediate fate of US President Donald Trump’s ban on nationals from seven countries from entering the US for 90 days rests with a federal appellate court in San Francisco, which heard arguments in a Feb. 7 hearing about whether to overrule a federal judge in Seattle’s restraining order temporarily lifting the ban.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a newly released report that “excessive speed” by a tug driver caused the nose gear of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 to collapse upon pushback from the gate at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport on the night of Aug. 4, 2016.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
Flight attendants for US regional operator Mesa Airlines have decided to vote on possible strike action against Mesa management following a breakdown in negotiations over wages, according to the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), the union representing the flight attendants.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
The US State Department has lifted a ban on travelers from seven countries entering the US after a federal judge temporarily blocked the executive order made by President Donald Trump.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) Boeing 777-300ER is being inspected after making an unscheduled landing in Iqaluit, Canada.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lufthansa Group is aiming to offer passengers service “personalized on a silver tray” by utilizing “predictive analytics” to determine what offerings individual customers want, a senior executive said.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alan Dron
The European Commission (EC) has retained its controversial Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for only intra-European flights.
Safety, Ops & Regulation