The 22 members of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) will offer 3.8% more flights and 5.5% more seats in the upcoming summer season compared to the same period in 2015, launching 254 new routes.
The wingtip of an American Airlines Boeing 737 clipped the tail of a Southwest 737 on Feb. 17, as the latter aircraft was being deiced at Detroit Metro Airport.
A Virgin Atlantic flight, en route from London Heathrow to New York JFK on Feb. 14, was forced to return to Heathrow after a “laser beam incident,” according to the airline.
ICAO issued a statement Thursday on the Zika virus, saying it was coordinating with relevant agencies on procedures and responses for the air transport industry.
In separate announcements, the US FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this week reinforced warnings about the dangers of transporting lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries as bulk cargo in passenger and freighter aircraft.
The East Africa Community is moving towards creating a single bloc of sky above 24,000ft to improve safety and gain air traffic control efficiency and performance advantages. Hillary Muheebwa reports.
193 firearms were discovered at US airports in January 2016, up 11.6% year-over-year, as detailed in Total TSA Gun Catches for January 2016 (loaded or unloaded firearms discovered at TSA checkpoints at airports across the US).
Russia’s Aeroflot received RUB1.49 billion ($20.5 million) in government subsidies in 2015, according to the carrier’s financial results published in accordance with Russian Accounting Standards.
Plans for the first global CO₂ emissions standards for passenger aircraft have taken a significant step forward with the recommendation of a new standard by an ICAO committee.
Just two months after Portugal agreed to a private consortium taking a majority stake in national carrier TAP, the country’s government has scaled back the acquiring consortium’s share to 45%.
Somali authorities say the Feb. 2 onboard explosion of a Djibouti-based Daallo Airlines Airbus A321-100, en route from Mogadishu to Djibouti, was caused by a bomb.
After 26 years with little progress, can Africa finally see Open Skies in 2017? That's the plan, and it's being shepherded through by AFCAC secretary general Iyabo Sosina, who spoke with Victoria Moores at November's AFRAA general assembly in Brazzaville.
The FAA reauthorization bill introduced Feb. 3 by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will put FAA in charge of demonstrating remote tower technologies at seven airports in a pilot program that would be launched within six months. of the bill’s passage.
