Travel technology provider SITA is exploring the use of blockchain technology as a platform for generating secure single travel “tokens” that could potentially streamline a passenger’s progress through all airport processes involving the scanning of personal documentation.
Richard Anderson, who resigned as Delta Air Lines’ CEO May 2, had some direct, if tongue-in-cheek words of advice for his successor, Ed Bastian: “Don’t screw it up.”
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has removed TSA head of security Kelly Hoggan from his post following extremely long airport security lines and a Congressional inquiry into bonus payments.
The Egyptian military has deployed an autonomous submarine to assist a multi-national contingent of aircraft and ships in the search for the main wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804 in the Mediterranean Sea.
With more than 100 liberalized air services agreements in place, the US State Department touts Open Skies policy on its website fact sheet as “promoting increased travel and trade and spurring high-quality job opportunity and economic growth.” In reality, some in the US are questioning whether Open Skies policy should be “revisited.”
Indonesian Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan has imposed significant sanctions on Indonesian low-cost carriers (LCCs) Lion Air and Indonesia AirAsia, following a pledge to crack down on domestic operators who contravened standard operating procedures (SOPS).
Ireland’s pro-aviation policy, embracing deregulation and liberalizing market access, is visionary and helps enable growth among airlines, lessors, MROs and aviation and travel companies, the CEO of Aer Lingus told a Washington DC audience this week.
Etihad Airways equity partner Alitalia is still considering the future of its long-term partnership with Air France-KLM, which is slated to end in January 2017.
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has been designated by local authorities to perform flights from Khabarovsk, in Russia´s Far East, to several points in the US.
[UPDATED] EgyptAir said debris from flight MS804, an Airbus A320 that disappeared from radar on May 19, have been found by the Egyptian military 295 km (183 miles) from the Egyptian coastline.
The disappearance of EgyptAir flight 804 over the Mediterranean Sea early May 19 came as Egypt had begun making progress in shoring up international travel to the country in the aftermath of the suspected inflight bombing of a Russian Metrojet Airbus A321 shortly after departure from Sharm el Sheik on Oct. 31, 2015.
Passengers at Chicago O’Hare and other major US hubs have been missing their flights, sometimes sleeping in cots on airport floors, as security screening queues have grown painfully longer through this spring.
Passengers at Chicago O’Hare and other major US hubs have been missing their flights, sometimes sleeping in cots on airport floors, as security screening queues have grown painfully longer through this spring.
An Antonov An-12 freighter belonging to Azerbaijan airline Silk Way Airlines is reported as having crashed in southern Afghanistan on May 18 with multiple fatalities.
Airlines for America (A4A) has called on the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to publicly release data on security screening checkpoint wait times at airports, and rejected the notion that airlines’ checked bag fees are to blame for extremely long security lines.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust division has requested Alaska Airlines and Virgin America to provide additional information regarding their merger proposal.
Dallas, Texas-based Southwest Airlines’ pilots union is seeking court protection to prevent the airline from operating Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft without a contract provision for the type, a suit the airline calls “premature.”
