IATA objects to some Latin American and Caribbean governments implementing new taxes and fees and using airlines as a “cash cow,” a senior executive from the trade group said during the IATA AGM in Miami.
IATA DG Tony Tyler broke his silence Monday on the acrimonious subsidy dispute between the three major US carriers and the three largest Gulf carriers, saying during his opening address at the association’s AGM in Miami that IATA did not have a mandate to take a position on the issue.
The UK’s Unite union has begun preparing civil personal injury claims against a number of British airlines on behalf of 17 current and former cabin crew members who believe they have been poisoned by so-called fume events on board aircraft.
Federal security directors at airports across the US have already been fully briefed on the weaknesses uncovered at passenger screening checkpoints by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general (IG), according to a top DHS official.
IATA has boosted its forecasted 2015 collective net profit for the world’s airlines to $29.3 billion, up 47.2% over a net profit of $19.9 billion projected by the organization in December 2014.
As Lufthansa Group this week prepares to fly the remains of 30 victims of the March 24 Germanwings crash from France to Düsseldorf, the company continues to come to terms with what CEO Carsten Spohr called Sunday an “emotional shock” and Lufthansa’s “darkest hour.”
UK-based low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet plans to introduce a new service to assist passengers stranded by an evening flight cancellation that leaves them with no way to get to their destination that night.
Southeast Asian low-cost carriers (LCCs) are investigating moving away from a pure web-based sales model in order to boost profits, according to Global Distribution System (GDS) operator Amadeus.
Alaska Airlines is teaming up with the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) to advance the production and use of alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the tree limbs and branches that remain after a forest harvest.
Virgin America pilots have voted in favor of representation by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the National Mediation Board (NMB) has announced.
Air traffic management specialist, NATS, has hosted a series of interactive workshops in Oman in an effort to share industry best practice and the latest thinking in the field of air traffic engineering.
Ten more airports worldwide have been added to those approved by the US authorities to offer pre-clearance facilities to passengers heading for the US, following efforts to expand throughput at Abu Dhabi Airport earlier this year.
JetBlue Airways is hitting back hard against the US carriers seeking to limit the Gulf airlines’ access to the US, urging the Department of Transportation (DOT) not to bow to pressure to curtail Open Skies.
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Jeh Johnson has “reassigned” acting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) head Melvin Carraway “effective immediately” following a DHS inspector general’s report that revealed weaknesses at US airports’ passenger screening checkpoints.
Equity funding and shareholder loans received by Etihad Airways from its Abu Dhabi government owner fully comply with the US-UAE Open Skies agreement, the airline says in submissions to a US government review of alleged subsidies provided to the three major Gulf carriers.
The European Commission has referred Germany to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to regularly monitor all aviation security measures at some German airports.
The lower house of the Irish Parliament, Dáil Éireann, has given the Irish government the green light to sell its stake in Aer Lingus to International Airlines Group (IAG).
