Operations at Belfast International Airport were disrupted Oct. 4 after a TNT Airways-branded Boeing 737-400 freighter was involved in a landing gear incident, blocking both of the airport’s runways.
Airports Council International (ACI) has called for “a common sense approach to landside security” at the world’s airports in a resolution adopted at the group’s recently concluded general assembly in Montreal.
Russia’s Ministry of Transport has initiated legislation changes allowing passengers to use paperless boarding passes, taking away the contradiction that exists in current government regulations.
Delta Air Lines and its pilots’ union leadership have reached a “comprehensive agreement in principle” on a new labor contract, according to the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).
Airbus and Indonesia’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation have signed a long-term partnership agreement to reduce aviation’s impact on the environment.
The United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Single European Sky (SES) technology arm SESAR have agreed to work together on air traffic management (ATM) improvements.
The low-cost carrier (LCC) lobbying group European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA) is shutting its doors because of defections to the new cross-industry group Airlines for Europe (A4E).
The last of United Airlines’ labor groups without a new contract―the carrier’s 9,000 aircraft mechanics―are poised to hold a ratification vote on a new, six-year collective bargaining agreement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to toughen the rules against airline “troublemakers” at a meeting with Aeroflot Airline CEO Vitaly Savelyev.
Denver-based Frontier Airlines pilots have requested federal mediation in their negotiations with management, in a quest for what the union says is “industry-standard” terms for its members.
Flight operations from Dubai International Airport were disrupted for nearly an hour Sept. 28 because of unauthorized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, activity.
The US-based Flight Safety Foundation said investigators’ conclusion about the missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 may make this the rare airline crash that calls for a criminal prosecution.
The missile that brought down a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200, killing all 298 people onboard, was brought in from Russia and fired from a field controlled by pro-Russian rebels, the official investigation team announced Wednesday.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments at the 39th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to agree a global market-based measure to help the aviation industry manage its carbon footprint.
Adoption of a global scheme to offset carbon emissions is the key issue facing the ICAO Assembly in Montreal on Sept. 27-Oct. 7. Industry expects agreement will be reached on the landmark measure, but not without opposition from some countries and several environmental groups.
The new IATA director general and CEO attends the ICAO Assembly in Montreal this week confident that the carbon emissions proposal that the air transport industry has forged is a good one that can be implemented.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has cleared the partnership between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Virgin Australia for another five years.
Aviation infrastructure shortcomings in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region have become a dire situation, prompting IATA to warn governments in the area of the potential cost to their economies if they do not quickly address airport and airspace congestion.
The second Airbus A350-1000 flight test aircraft—the first to be equipped with a full passenger cabin—was displayed Sept. 23 in a new carbon fiber-themed livery outside the manufacturer’s paint shop in Toulouse, France.
FAA administrator Michael Huerta said FAA is moving quickly to adapt to the demands of new technology, acknowledging that the pace of change is difficult for some in the agency.
IATA has decided to make the transformation of airline finance divisions one of its major objectives, after gaining broad industry support for this initiative.
