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.
Combined international premium and economy passenger traffic slumped for a second month in July as year-over-year growth stalled at 2.6%, according to IATA’s July Premium Traffic Monitor.
Swiss International Air Lines will terminate its collective labor agreement (CLA) with the Aeropers pilot union at the end of November 2016 following the failure of the latest round of talks.
A biofuel producer that will provide jet fuel to Cathay Pacific Airways is one of three companies to receive funding from the US government as it moves to kick-start large-scale production of drop-in biofuel alternatives for jet and ship fuel for military and commercial customers.
Air France will find out Saturday if it faces a longer than anticipated industrial action, as pilots threatened to make their week-long industrial action indefinite.
Russian authorities have delayed the Bombardier-Rostekhnologii (Rostec) joint venture (JV) to set up a Q400 NextGen final assembly line (FAL) in Russia, due to political and negotiation problems.
The US House of Representatives has temporarily extended the Export-Import Bank of the United States’ (Ex-Im) authorization until June of next year, setting the stage for further debate on the institution’s mission among manufacturers, labor, airlines and lawmakers.
Boeing is projecting the Asia-Pacific region will make up 39% of the global need for new airline personnel in the next 20 years, according to its 2014 Pilot and Technician Outlook.
UK airports are reducing their carbon footprint and managing noise despite handling an additional 10 million passengers in the two years to 2012, according to a report published by the Airport Operators Association (AOA).
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) and Eurocontrol have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly contribute to the implementation of European Union GNSS aviation policies.
House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania) has called FAA reauthorization “one of my highest priorities” and pledged to push for “transformational” aviation legislation next year.
United Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) have agreed to an unprecedented $100,000 buyout for as many as 2,000 eligible flight attendants, who agree to leave the company between November of this year and November 2015.
Lufthansa has made significant progress in achieving labor deals for lower cost operations on long-haul routes after reaching an agreement with UFO, the union representing flight attendants, on how a fleet of Airbus A340s can be used on low-yield routes.
American Airlines (AA) chairman and CEO Doug Parker has chastised the US political system for treating the airline industry like a vice rather than a business that fuels the economy and warned that the fast growth of major Gulf carriers is an increasing threat to US carrier global competitiveness.
Privatization of the US’s air traffic control (ATC) system will be considered as part of the FAA reauthorization legislation Congress will take up next year, according to a House of Representatives member.
[UPDATE] The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union has called off an eight-hour strike scheduled for Tuesday, after receiving a new offer from Lufthansa for transition payments for early retirees.
[UPDATE] Lufthansa said all 40 long-haul flights will depart from Frankfurt on Tuesday despite the eight-hour pilot strike called by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union.
Airbus is set to open a new training operation in Monterrey, Mexico, as local low-cost carrier VivaAerobus gears up to switch to the A320 family as it replaces its entire fleet of Boeing 737-300s.
