The General Court of the European Union has annulled the European Commission’s cargo cartel ruling, canceling €790 million ($868 million) in fines levied against the industry.
Newly manufactured aircraft must be trackable, even when severely damaged, and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recordings will be extended to 25 hours under a new set of regulations adopted by the European Commission.
Egyptian investigators for the Metrojet Airbus A321 crash say it has not received “information indicating unlawful interference” or a “terrorist act” in the Oct. 31 crash, contradicting statements made by Russia’s Federal Security Police in mid-November that “a self-made explosive device equivalent of up to 1 kg of TNT” had been set off on board.
A small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) registration website administered by FAA will go live Dec. 21 and all small UAV owners in the US will be required to register their devices.
A number of fumes and small fire incidents involving lithium-battery-powered hoverboards loaded on to airliners has prompted IATA to develop industry guidelines for handling the new-fad gliding vehicles.
The UK government has come under a barrage of criticism from the business community over its announcement late Wednesday to further delay a decision on desperately needed additional runway capacity in the South East.
IATA is confident that a global aviation emissions agreement will be reached in 2016 regardless of United Nations climate talks in Paris, an IATA environment director said.
Agreement has been reached at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva on the allocation of radiofrequency spectrum for global flight tracking in civil aviation.
Data represents the total employment, full time plus part time, of all US scheduled passenger, charter and cargo airlines, sorted by Airline Group. Changes in employee totals from the previous month, and the current month from a year ago, two years ago, five years ago and a decade ago are represented by percentage change.
The world’s airlines are set to post a collective record net profit of $33 billion for 2015 and are forecast to post another record net profit of $36.3 billion in 2016, according to IATA.
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has renewed its IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate for a further two years following a five-day inspection by independent auditors.
Russian airlines carried 479,000 passengers between the Russian Far East and other parts of the country under a six-month government subsidy program, down 2.24% year-over-year.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is finalizing a series of proposals after holding an aircrew medical fitness workshop, as part of the Germanwings crash action plan.
191 firearms were discovered at US airports in November 2015, up 19.4% year-over-year, as detailed in Total TSA Gun Catches for November 2015 (loaded or unloaded firearms discovered at TSA checkpoints at airports across the US).
The Indonesia Ministry of Transportation has begun inspecting Indonesian-registered Airbus A320 aircraft for potential issues with Rudder Travel Limiter Units (RTLUs) following the findings on the fatal crash of Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 in December 2014.
SITA has internally promoted David Lavorel to become CEO of SITA OnAir, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Ian Dawkins who is stepping down to pursue other opportunities.
European transport commissioner Violeta Bulc has detailed Europe’s new aviation strategy, although some stakeholders have criticized its lack of deliverables.
A SpiceJet Bombardier Q400 with 53 passengers and crew on board suffered a runway excursion and emergency evacuation after hitting a pack of wild pigs on landing at India's Jabalpur Dumna Airport.
