All IrAn-140s have been grounded following the crash of a Sepahan Airlines aircraft on Sunday in Tehran that killed at least 39 people, according to Head of Civil Aviation Organization of Iran Alireza Jahangirian.
Cathay Pacific Airways has made a strategic equity investment in California-based sustainable biofuel developer Fulcrum BioEnergy as part of the airline’s biofuel strategy and to help it achieve a target of carbon-neutral growth from 2020.
An Antonov 140 passenger aircraft, operated by Sepahan Airlines, crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday morning from Iran’s Tehran Mehrabad Airport on a flight to Tabas in Eastern Iran, according to FARS news agency (FNA).
Air accident investigators probing the crash of a Boeing MD-83 operating for Air Algerie have revealed the aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was potentially broken before the accident.
Florida-based Spirit Airlines and its flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract.
IATA said it has welcomed the decision by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to grant final approval of Resolution 787, the foundation document for the New Distribution Capability (NDC).
The Croatian government is moving ahead with a new drive to find a strategic partner for its national carrier, Croatia Airlines, targeting the first half of 2015 as the timetable for discussions with potential suitors.
Worldwide air passenger traffic increased 4.7% in June, down 1.5 point from May’s 6.2% growth, according to IATA’s June Air Passenger Market Analysis report.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has awarded Netherlands-based Fugro a further contract to assist in the ongoing search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370).
Boeing and South African Airways are joining forces with Netherlands-based SkyNRG to make sustainable aviation biofuel from a new type of energy-rich tobacco plant.
UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines has completed all requirements for a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) air operator’s certificate (AOC), one of the first UK airlines to do so.
At the 2014 half-year mark, global air freight markets registered a combined 4.1% increase in volume compared with the same period in 2013, according to IATA’s June air freight market analysis.
The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of Malaysia has approved a Baltic Aviation Academy training center to provide Boeing 737-600/900 type rating training and base training.
Aviation and aviation-related activities will derive nearly one-third of Dubai’s entire gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020, according to the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA).
Premium passenger traffic worldwide grew 6.5% year-over-year in May, exceeding April’s 3.8% growth performance and besting May 2013’s premium travel growth rate by 4.5 points, according to IATA’s May Premium Traffic Monitor.
In February the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) produced a study titled “Current and Future Availability of Airline Pilots.” In the study’s summary of findings, it reported, “As airlines have recently started hiring, nearly all of the regional airlines that GAO interviewed reported difficulties finding sufficient numbers of qualified entry-level first officers.”
Virgin Atlantic revealed plans in June for a wider roll-out of Google Glass following its London Heathrow trial, but its partner SITA remains unconvinced after a further road test with Copenhagen Airport.
