Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus is facing possible industrial action by cabin crew staff in a dispute over rostering and duty hours—the latest in a series of labor clashes.
A security breach at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport’s Qantas and Jetstar Terminal delayed passengers by more than an hour on Sunday as authorities ordered a complete evacuation and re-screening.
SriLankan Airlines is planning to shift its maintenance and training activities, along with its leisure connecting traffic, to the island nation’s second international gateway at Mattala.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the second non-European state to join the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Safety Assessment of Foreign Airlines (SAFA) program.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced new proposals for flight data and voice recorders and underwater locating devices (ULDs) in the wake of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Worldwide passenger traffic grew 3.1% year-over-year in March, down 2.5 points from February’s 5.6% growth, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market Analysis.
Airberlin has entered into a contract with Sabre Corp. to provide a full suite of technology software covering passenger reservations, inventory, check-in, e-commerce, data and network management.
Worldwide passenger traffic grew 3.1% year-over-year in March, down 2.5 points from February’s 5.6% growth, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market Analysis.
Southwest Airlines decided to move away from Sabre Corp. as its reservations system provider and has entered into a contract with the Amadeus IT Group.
FAA administrator Michael Huerta called on the airline industry and governments around the world to cooperate with FAA on initiatives to make commercial aviation “safer, more efficient and greener.”
IATA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have agreed to share safety information and joint analysis of safety trends to help identify important safety issues.
The Malaysia Transport Ministry’s first report on the probe of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370), released Thursday, adds few relevant details to the little already known about why the flight disappeared, while recommending that the industry explore real-time tracking of aircraft.
US airline trade organization Airlines for America (A4A) has launched a campaign to get government taxes and fees separated from base air fares in advertisements.
Air Canada is the first non-US carrier to participate in the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Pre-Check program, which expedites screening for approved passengers.
There is peace, if not necessarily love, among the factions that have spent the last two years warring over IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC), which aims to provide a framework for facilitating airline merchandising through third-party distributors.
A joint declaration signed by the European Union and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has given the European Commission a green light to secure a mandate for negotiating a comprehensive air transport agreement between the two regions. The declaration was signed in February at the end of a two-day EU-ASEAN Aviation Summit in Singapore, aimed at fostering more and better direct air services between the two trading blocs.
The Swiss civil aviation authority has denied there is a problem over approving Etihad Airways’ new link with Darwin Airline—now Etihad Regional—but said it is still investigating the degree of control Etihad will have over the Swiss airline.
Aerial searches for wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 will be suspended while the undersea search area will be widened as part of a new phase of the hunt for flight MH370.
Frontier Airlines has fully embraced the “ultra” low-cost carrier (ULCC) business model, unveiling a simplified fare structure and adding fees for most services.
