Following the UK’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union (EU), IATA said preliminary estimates suggest UK air passengers could decline 3%-5% by 2020, following an expected economic downturn and predicted falling British pound sterling (GBP) exchange rates.
Florida-based Spirit Airlines and its ramp service team members located at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport have ratified a tentative agreement, completing negotiation of their first collective bargaining agreement.
Egyptian investigators are reportedly sending the damaged flight data and cockpit voice recorders of the crashed Egyptair Airbus A320 to French air accident investigation agency BEA, after failing to extract information from them, according to multiple media sources.
United Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) have reached agreement on the terms of a labor contract that would bring all 25,000 United flight attendants under a single contract.
Taiwan-based China Airlines’ flight attendants are set to strike Friday, the first airline strike in Taiwanese history, over changes in working conditions.
With the number of air travelers around the world expected to double to more than 7 billion by 2035, according to IATA, the air transport industry is ramping up awareness on the critical need for airspace modernization.
The negotiations at ICAO over a global market-based measures (MBM) system to address aviation carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions may come down to a single question: is China a “major” aviation market?
French air traffic controllers (ATC) have called another strike for Thursday, June 23, which is expected to last for 35 hours and will see the cancellation of delays and more than 200 flights, European lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E) said.
The Australian Air Transport Safety Board (ATSB) has said aircraft wreckage recently washed up on the shores of the Indian Ocean has been categorized as “not from MH370.”
Las Vegas-based low-cost carrier Allegiant Air and its pilots, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, have reached a tentative contract agreement, after more than three years of negotiations.
The lack of air connectivity among the islands of the Caribbean remains one of the tallest barriers to unlocking the full potential of the region’s tourism market, the head of the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) told ATW’s sister publication Aviation Daily.
The Indian government has announced it will relax previous restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) rules, allowing up to 100% investment by overseas businesses into Indian carriers, up from an existing maximum of 49%.
Strike action planned by Air France pilots for June 24-27 has been canceled, although a national strike could still disrupt air traffic control services on June 23.
FAA has issued operating regulations for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used for routine commercial purposes, paving the way for widespread commercial drone operations in the US starting later this year.
Passenger traffic in Latin America is expected to grow between 5%-10% per year over the next 10 years, but this growth could be hampered by lack of government investment in infrastructure, air traffic control systems and airports, industry leaders said at the ALTA Pan American Aviation Safety Summit.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) plans to conduct an investigation into terms and conditions set by airlines when they sell tickets, to ensure they are transparent and readily understandable.
