Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr has issued a statement via Twitter expressing his concerns over the fate of flight 4U 9525, operated by its fully owned Germanwings subsidiary.
A Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-800 has completed China’s first passenger flight with sustainable biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from restaurants in China.
United Airlines pilots have asked management to overhaul training programs to place a greater emphasis on communication and ensure crews follow standard operating procedures more closely.
[UPDATED] Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) will continue strike action through Saturday for the fourth day this week, in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.
Boeing has begun several months of flights with its ecoDemonstrator 757 to evaluate new technologies to improve commercial aviation's efficiency, reduce noise and carbon emissions.
Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) continued strike action Friday for the third day this week, in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.
Citing “distortions in the market,” European Union (EU) transport commissioner Violeta Bulc said she will seek a new mandate from EU countries to open talks with the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia over “unfair subsidies to airlines.”
Openness to a restructuring of FAA—including fundamental air traffic control (ATC) reform—appears to be widespread in government and among industry stakeholders, but disputes over the agency’s funding threaten to unravel any potential consensus on reorganizing FAA.
Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) continued a strike action Thursday for the second day this week, the 12th strike in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.
Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has called for a strike Wednesday and Thursday, the latest in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.
Europe’s aviation regulations may expand to cover ground handling service providers and could permit countries to pool resources for highly technical tasks like certification and continued airworthiness, a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) opinion on how its rules should evolve suggests.
The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold an election for more than 2,400 production employees at Boeing’s South Carolina facility in North Charleston.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has submitted a formal “opinion,” proposing that individual countries should be able to delegate some of their oversight responsibilities.
United Airlines pilots on the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 fleets will stop starting the auxiliary power unit (APU) after arrival to save money, the carrier told pilots recently.
A toilet-servicing truck reversed into a stationary Norwegian Boeing 737-800, causing significant damage to the aircraft skin and seriously injuring a ground worker, according to a report released by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).
