Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand has unveiled a sustainable development initiative that will place it among industry leaders.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Southwest Airlines pilots, represented by the Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association (SWAPA), have reached a new tentative agreement with the Dallas-based carrier.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Estonia is ready to create a new airline should the European Union rule its existing flag carrier, Estonian Air, illegally received €40.7 million ($46 million) of state aid in 2013.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it would be taking legal steps to ensure Ryanair changed its policy on paying flight delay compensation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The European Parliament’s Sky and Space Intergroup (SSI) is holding high-level discussions on the future of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Indonesia’s aviation sector is ramping up protests over the country’s fuel supply monopoly, claiming surcharges of up to 20% above international rates for jet fuel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has distributed new allocations of foreign pilots that Russian airlines can hire.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
An Air France pilot has reported a debris sighting just off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, where a part of the Boeing 777-200 that operated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was found on July 29.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Finnair has canceled one domestic flight on Sept. 17 and a further 15 on Sept. 18 in preparation for a nationwide labor demonstration, which is likely to disrupt its operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Astra Aviation Service has been issued a licence to provide ground handling services for passengers, aircraft, cargo, and mail in the country of Mozambique.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Air China aims to boost direct sales of tickets from 27% to 50% in 2017 as a part of its strategic initiatives to improve its e-commerce platform.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Finnair is gearing up for nationwide labor union demonstrations on Friday, Sept. 18, that could significantly affect customer service, baggage handling and other services related to flight departures at Helsinki Airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

David F. Melcher, President & CEO, Aerospace Industries Association
Today, when we look at a US national air transportation system that in many ways is still dependent upon mid-20th century era radars and other technologies, the same message applies: the system needs to modernize.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Aeroflot, which plans to buy Transaero Airlines, will fulfill all obligations to passengers who have purchased tickets for Transaero flights.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The left GE90 engine on the British Airways Boeing 777 that caught fire on a Las Vegas runway has “multiple breaches of the engine case,” investigators said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

IT & Distribution Sept 10 2015
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Boeing has again projected the Asia-Pacific region will have the greatest demand for commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians with 40% of the global need, according to its 2015 Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Leaders of UPS Airlines’ pilot union, the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), have asked its members to vote in favor of authorizing a strike.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Lufthansa is expecting its flights to be “virtually back to normal” from Sept. 10 after its pilots’ strike was declared unlawful by a local labor court.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Helios, the UK's management and technology consultants, has won a competitive tender to undertake a study into a flight information region (FIR) for the upper air space of the six Gulf Co-operation Council countries of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

ATNS chief executive Thabani Mthiyane is leading a call for a greater focus on human factors and a recognition of the challenges of human-machine integration in the aviation industry,
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
An investigation is underway after a British Airways (BA) Boeing 777-200ER suffered a major engine fire as it was preparing for takeoff at McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A British Airways Boeing 777-200 caught fire on the runway at Las Vegas McCarren International Airport (LAS) Sept. 8.
Airlines & Lessors

Philippine Airlines (PAL) will cut more than 110 ground staff from November as part of a cost-cutting exercise.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Lufthansa pilots, represented by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, have started a two-day walkout, which will affect operations Sept. 8-9.
Safety, Ops & Regulation