Airlines across the Asia Pacific region saw a significant drop in 2014 operating profits despite a slight increase in revenue, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
International traffic grew globally 4.6% year-over-year (YOY) in March, matching February’s YOY improvement but indicating a “flattened” growth trend, according to IATA’s March Premium Traffic Monitor.
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) has signed a new collective bargaining agreement with its pilots, represented by Sweden’s SPF union, averting industrial action.
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific said talks will continue with its flight attendants union, which is threatening to escalate industrial action over certain contract issues it wants addressed.
The funding and governance structure of FAA needs to change and air traffic control (ATC) operations should be removed from the agency, United Airlines chairman, president and CEO Jeffrey Smisek told the US Senate.
Air France has warned it may close its Toulouse, Marseille and Nice regional bases if its unions do not agree to substantially scaled down operations from the three airports.
Russia’s Ministry of Labor has prepared a draft of a presidential decree that will require civil servants to choose Russian carriers when traveling on business, except when only foreign carriers serve a necessary route or if fares are sold out for a particular date.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAA-P) has suspended the air operator’s certificates (AOCs) of two Filipino domestic carriers “due to safety concerns,” following the recommendations of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a computer security expert who claimed he has hacked into inflight entertainment (IFE) systems during domestic flights aboard US airlines.
Finnair’s flights will now operate normally this week after the Finnish Aviation Union ground handlers canceled plans to strike from May 19-20 over collective labor agreement (CLA) changes.
Lufthansa pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has agreed to arbitration of all open collective wage agreements, which would avoid new strikes through the end of July.
Etihad Airways has released a report that it commissioned that says the three biggest US carriers—American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines—have received benefits worth $71.48 billion over the past 15 years.
Swaziland is to become home to a Southern African aviation safety organization covering the whole of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Republic Airways Holdings is “in a stabilized approach” toward reaching a new labor agreement with its pilots, though “difficult stuff” still needs to negotiated, chairman, president and CEO Bryan Bedford said.
The European Commission (EC) has accepted and made legally binding commitments put forward by SkyTeam members Air France/KLM, Alitalia and Delta Air Lines to address competition concerns relating to their joint venture (JV) operations on three transatlantic routes.
The Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association (SWAPA) announced staffing and funding for a Strike Preparedness Committee to prepare the pilots and the flying public for strike action if SWAPA and Southwest Airlines cannot come to an agreement on a new contract in the coming months.
