The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a type certificate for the Airbus A350-900, following a certification program that included more than 2,600 hours of flight testing.
Lufthansa was forced to cancel 25 long-haul flights from Frankfurt on Tuesday as the pilot strike continues for the fifth time over transition payments for early retirees.
Air France expects to return to normal operations over the next two to three days after the SNPL pilots’ union decided to end its two-week strike even though no new agreement had been reached.
FAA is aiming to have the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora, Illinois operational by Oct. 13 following a Sept. 26 fire at the facility.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved the use of portable electronic devices (PEDs) in transmitting mode through all stages of a flight, following a safety assessment process.
Flights into FAA’s Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAU) airspace were moving at a “reduced rate” early Friday afternoon as the agency, airlines, and area airports coped with the en-route center’s closing following an early morning incident.
A fire in FAA’s Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora, Illinois led to the grounding of all flights at Chicago O’Hare and Midway airports Friday morning.
With negotiations continuing at Air France to end what is now an 11-day pilot strike, labor conflicts at several other European airlines appear to be getting worse.
As part of its drive to attract more business customers, Ryanair has inked a distribution agreement with Amadeus and will start listing its fares on the platform from Nov. 1.
Air France announced late Wednesday it will “immediately withdraw” the Transavia Europe project in a proposal to end the 10-day pilot strike, which is “heavily penalizing” the carrier, its staff and customers. In view of the concession, management has called on pilots to “return to work immediately.”
Air France expected to operate 46% of flights Wednesday and 47% of flights Thursday, as it comes under increased pressure to ditch its Transavia Europe plans.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the latest Southeast Asian airline to begin new services to Russia as the increasingly sanctioned country seeks alternative tourism destinations.
IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler has accused US regulatory authorities of micromanaging the airline industry’s relationships with its customers to such an extent it runs directly against the grain of the US Airline Deregulation Act.
Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways have reportedly halted flights to Sana’a International Airport, the capital of Yemen, because of heavy fighting between Shiite rebels and Sunni militia, the United Arab Emirates-based daily, the National, reported.
