Italian carrier Meridiana has agreed a redundancy package with its trade unions, a prerequisite to Qatar Airways taking a stake in the struggling Sardinia-based company.
The death toll from the July 28 terrorist attack at Istanbul Ataturk Airport (IST) has risen to 41 people, with more than 200 injured, according to Turkish officials.
[UPDATED] Istanbul Ataturk Airport (IST) was hit by explosions June 28 and, according to Turkish state television, at least 28 people were killed and at least 60 were wounded.
Leaders of the Airlines for Europe (A4E) lobbying group have set out a series of proposed measures to reduce the impact of air traffic control (ATC) strikes.
Airlines will continue operating under the same regulations, at least in the near-to-medium term, despite the UK’s vote June 23 to leave the European Union (EU), or “Brexit,” experts say.
French air accident investigation agency BEA has repaired the damaged flight data recorder from the EgyptAir Airbus A320 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has launched an investigation into the June 27 Singapore Airlines (SIA) Boeing 777 fire at Singapore Changi Airport. CAAS’s Air Accident Investigation Bureau will lead the probe “and will get to the bottom of the matter,” Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a statement.
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.
