US-based lobbying group Airlines for America (A4A) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the China Air Transport Association (CATA), formalizing their long-standing cooperative relationship toward bolstering air transport development and promoting air travel and tourism between the US and China.
Phuket International Airport authorities stopped a Nordwind Airlines Boeing 777 from taking off and delayed the flight for five hours following a "suspicious remark" from a Russian passenger.
Florida-based Spirit Airlines and its flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract.
Investigators have begun analyzing information from the flight data recorder (FDR) of flydubai FZ981 that crashed on landing in severe weather at Rostov-on-Don Airport March 19, killing all 62 aboard.
A flydubai Boeing 737, en route from Dubai to Russia’s Rostov-on-Don Airport, crashed on landing March 19. The airline said all 55 passengers and seven crew members on board the aircraft were killed.
Global airline distribution network APG has opened an office in Cuba to represent airlines in anticipation of growing demand for air travel following the country’s launch of initiatives to develop international business, with tourism as one of the island’s top industries.
Royal Brunei Airlines announced acting CEO and deputy chairman Dermot Mannion will leave “shortly, on completion of his term of office,” and will be succeeded by CCO Karam Chand.
The rate of change in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as year-over-year percentage growth or losses. Differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
Frontier Airlines, the Denver-based ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC), has promoted president Barry Biffle to CEO and appointed him to the airline’s board of directors.
Global air transport IT specialist SITA and Lufthansa have jointly developed bag-tracing technology called WorldTracer, which they say will “speed up the repatriation of delayed or mishandled bags to passengers.”
Air New Zealand is proposing tighter carbon offset requirements under the country’s emissions trading scheme (ETS), a move spurred by the carrier’s extensive sustainability initiative.
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has approved the FAA reauthorization bill proposed last week by Sens. John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Bill Nelson (D-Florida), moving it a step closer to consideration by the full Senate.
Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has reported that airlines in member states had 56 accidents, including 27 crashes, which killed 116 people in 2015, according to IAC’s Safety Performance Report.
The Indian government has confirmed it will spend more than $12 billion on aviation as part of its 12th Five Year Plan (FYP), which finalizes at the end of 2017.
Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand have joined forces in their quest to start using biofuel, and the new arrangement could result in a combined supply deal.
Europe should change rules governing doctor-patient privacy when the patient’s mental state and job could put lives at risk, the French accident agency heading the investigation into the crash of Germanwings flight 9525 recommends.
Southwest Airlines sees the potential for “hundreds of millions of dollars” in incremental revenue when it fully integrates its domestic and international reservations systems next year.
United Airlines is starting to use a fuel that is 30% comprised of biofuel on flights from Los Angeles International (LAX) to San Francisco International (SFO).
China’s population continues to travel, despite recent economic challenges, and passengers are demanding more from airlines and airports, according to a recently published analysis by IT provider SITA.
Reps. Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania) and Kevin Brady (R-Texas), the chairmen of two key US House of Representatives committees, have introduced legislation extending FAA’s authorization through July 15.
