Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Authorities will deploy the US Navy’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bluefin-21, to search the bottom of the Indian Ocean as a new phase begins to find the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Noise-related operating restrictions at European Union (EU) airports will continue to be set by regional and national authorities, following a deal between Parliament and the Council of Ministers on Thursday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Kazakhstan-based Air Astana will increase frequencies on existing European routes and add new destinations to Paris and Prague after the European Union (EU) Air Safety Committee (ASC) lifted restrictions.
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
FedEx chairman and CEO Fred Smith has praised IATA for moving swiftly to establish a task force on aircraft tracking improvements in the wake of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Search teams for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 have detected another possible signal in the vicinity of the Australian Defense Vessel Ocean Shield, Australian air chief marshal Angus Houston, head of the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), has confirmed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
FAA has upgraded airlines in the Republic of the Philippines to a Category 1 rating, as it now complies with international safety standards set by ICAO.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Piedmont Airlines’ flight attendants at Piedmont Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group, have ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement that was reached on March 6.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Alaska Airlines’ clerical, office and passenger service employees have ratified a new five-year contract.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Search teams for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 on Tuesday “reacquired the signals” detected last weekend on two more occasions, Australian air chief marshal Angus Houston, head of the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), has confirmed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

An ICAO Diplomatic Conference has adopted a protocol to address what the organization describes as “a troubling escalation in the frequency of incidents involving disruptive and unruly passengers on scheduled commercial flights.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s State Duma has passed air code amendments allowing carriers to hire non-Russian pilots and sell nonrefundable tickets.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Etihad Airways has opened a unique aviation-themed nursery in Abu Dhabi, as part of the airline's commitment to provide world-class support services for its employees.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lufthansa and subsidiary Austrian Airlines have stopped flights to Libya indefinitely due to security concerns after a bomb exploded in March at Tripoli International Airport, damaging the main runway.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
Worldwide passenger traffic grew 5.4% year-over-year in February, down 2.8 points from January’s 8.2% growth, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market Analysis.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Malaysian authorities said Monday that investigators are working to verify that signals detected over the weekend by Chinese patrol ship Haixun 01 and Australia’s HMS Ocean Shield could be from the flight recorders of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 in the southern Indian Ocean waters.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The European Commission has released further detail about non-European Union (EU) investments in European airlines that it is examining to see if they comply with the region’s ownership and control rules.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
A Chinese patrol ship, searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 in the southern Indian Ocean waters, has detected what it called “a pulse signal” after it deployed a flight recorder—also known as a black box—detector, Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday morning.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has advised airlines to avoid the Crimea peninsula as confusion arises over who has control over air traffic control services in the disputed region.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said the company isn’t looking to spin off affiliate American Eagle even after the regional airline’s pilots voted to reject an amended labor contract that would have allowed Eagle to operate Embraer E-175 aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
A delegation from the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) will meet with the US Regional Airline Association in early May in St. Louis, Missouri, to explore potential areas for cooperation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Republic Airways Holdings (RAH), parent of US regional carriers Republic Airlines, Chautauqua Airlines and Shuttle America, said its pilots have voted to reject a new labor pact.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
Global air cargo FTKs increased 2.9% in February, according to IATA’s global air freight market analysis.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The Plenary of the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday decided that only intra-European flights would be affected by the controversial European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) through 2016.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The Lufthansa pilot strike, called by the union Vereinigung Cockpit, has caused major disruptions and affected 425,000 passengers as the strike enters its second day.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

India’s Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday asked Chennai-based low-cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet to stop selling tickets at rock-bottom fares.
Safety, Ops & Regulation