Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
As expected, growth in the global air freight market returned to modest levels in March, with a cumulative 1.6% year-over-year (YOY) increase in traffic, according to IATA’s March Air Freight Market Analysis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Emirates Airline has published an issue of its magazine entirely devoted to countering the allegations of government subsidies and unfair competition that have been leveled at Emirates the other two major Gulf carriers by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.
Airports & Networks

Boeing is working on a software fix for 787 generator control units (GCUs), but in the meantime FAA has ordered 787 operators to power off Dreamliners at least once every 120 days to avoid the potential loss of electrical power in flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Pilots at Allegiant Air say they will appeal after a federal judge in Las Vegas issued a preliminary injunction last week that barred them from striking.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Etihad Airways has acquired a 75 per cent stake in Alitalia Loyalty S.p.A, the owner and operator of MilleMiglia, Alitalia's frequent flyer programme, with Alitalia retaining the remaining 25 per cent stake.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airbus is alarmed about German media reports suggesting the German spy agency BND (Bundes Nachrichten Dienst) collected data on European firms, including Airbus, at the request of the US National Security Agency (NSA).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Henry Canaday
Airlines are still struggling with the changes in what they sell to customers and how, industry specialists said this week at a conference in Las Vegas.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airbus and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have begun building a 9,250 sq m training center at Seletar Aerospace Park to house eight full-flight simulators, comprising four A350s, two A320s, one A380 and one A330.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lockheed Martin’s En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system has now replaced the En Route Host computer system that manages traffic in US airspace at all 20 of FAA’s en route air traffic control (ATC) centers, FAA said.
Airports & Networks

Pilots from TAP Portugal and its associate Portugalia will begin a 10-day strike on Friday, May 1, in an ongoing dispute on the privatization process.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has completed the investigation of the Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 crash landing at Kazan Airport on Nov. 17, 2013, which killed 44 passengers and six crew members.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Flight Training & Simulation-April 30, 2015
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
As the campaign led by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines sped from secret briefings in Washington DC to the broad media and loud finger-pointing, one thing became clear: The US carriers are eager for a fight against Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways and their state owners.
Airports & Networks

US President Barack Obama said he intends to nominate Peter Neffenger, the vice commandant of the US Coast Guard, to be the next head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

By Henry Canaday
Excessive costs and an aviation sector that is not as robust as it should be, especially in attracting international business, are hurting Canada’s air transport industry, conference panelists said Tuesday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Henry Canaday
Latin American traffic growth has slowed from double digits, but is still expected to grow 5%-6% per year, reaching nearly a half billion passengers by 2025, according to Alex de Gunten, adviser to the executive board of the Latin America and Caribbean Air Transport Association.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has blocked Norilsk-based Taimyr Airlines from acquiring a 47.8% share in Arkhangelsk-based Nordavia Airline.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lufthansa has offered its pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) general arbitration of all open collective wage agreements, as a concession to avoid new strikes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Senior executives from two of the three major US carriers involved in the growing dispute over alleged unfair competition from the Gulf carriers said Tuesday they are simply asking for government-to-government consultations on the US Open Skies agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar.
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
The German government had intelligence indicating the danger of surface-to-air missiles in the Ukraine region where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last year, according to German media reports.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Cameroon Airlines Corporation (Camair-Co) has chosen independent integrated aviation support services provider AJW Aviation, to provide power-by-the-hour (PBH) for its fleet of three Boeing aircraft: B767-300 & B737-700.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA) has accepted International Airlines Group (IAG) carriers British Airways, Iberia and Iberia Express as members, effective immediately.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Singapore has introduced new regulations covering drone usage following a series of incidents at airports and other high-security locations worldwide.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

As the author of an academic research paper that was quoted a number of times in a US airline-commissioned 55-page white paper entitled “Restoring open skies: the need to address subsidized competition from state-owned airlines in Qatar and the UAE”, I would like to address a number of issues pertaining to the report.
Airports & Networks

A Turkish Airlines Airbus A320 slid off the runway Saturday after the pilots declared an emergency and landed at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. All passengers and crew evacuated safely.
Safety, Ops & Regulation