News from Travel Technology Update: For all the drama surrounding IATA’s New Distribution Capability, it is only a technical standard that provides “just the basis for developers to do the hard work,” Gary Doernhoefer, a consultant and former general counsel to IATA, said.
The massive growth of Arab carriers are creating an emerging problem in the region’s air traffic management (ATM), Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) secretary general Abdul Teffaha told ATW in Abu Dhabi.
[UPDATED] A gunman fired multiple shots from an assault rifle Friday morning at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), causing a number of injuries and killing a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer.
The airline industry faces challenges from rising fuel costs and pending regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels can help the industry meet both challenges, by offering fuel at a stable price with reduced carbon emissions measured over the fuel’s production lifecycle. While there are many US federal initiatives supporting research and development of advanced biofuels, no program has been as successful as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The US airline industry was nearing the completion of a major transformation that would allow it to become more attractive to the investment community and more stable for its employees and other stakeholders. That plan, however, may be in jeopardy now that the US Dept. of Justice has brought a suit, to be heard in court Nov. 25, to block the merger between American Airlines and US Airways.
Since taking the role of Kuala Lumpur-based AAPA DG in November 2004, Andrew Herdman has expanded the organization’s role to ensure close relationships with regulators worldwide and other industry associations so that Asia-Pacific’s international carriers are well-informed and represented in global policy issues.Herdman spoke with ATW while attending the two-week ICAO Assembly in Montreal where the landmark accord on aviation emissions was reached.
[UPDATED] FAA has decided to allow airline passengers to use portable electronic devices (PEDs)—including being online via Wi-Fi—“during all phases of flight,” the agency said Thursday.
Lufthansa will modify 157 of its Airbus A320 family aircraft—which connect its Frankfurt and Munich hubs with the European route network—to make them quieter.
United Airlines’ fleet service work groups, represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM), have ratified new joint labor agreements.
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) has called for the dismissal of a fiscal reform proposal in Mexico, which would impose a new MXP0.12 ($0.09) tax fuel per liter.
US Airways, American Airlines and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have agreed to meet with a mediator in an effort to settle DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the carriers’ proposed merger.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined United Airlines $1.1 million for a series of lengthy tarmac delays at Chicago-O’Hare International Airport one day last year when the airport was affected by severe thunderstorms.
Swiss International Air Lines has reached an agreement with its two pilot unions that will ultimately integrate the cockpit crew at the short-haul arm of Swiss European and long-haul operator Swiss International.
Finnair has received the green light to be included in British Airways and Finnair’s Japanese joint venture after announcing plans to join the partnership in July.
Premium air travel growth improved in August, with overall international premium traffic increasing 8.6% year-over-year, markedly better than July’s 1.4% growth, according to IATA’s August Premium Traffic Monitor.
Separation between two commercially operated Boeing 747s flying over Scotland in June fell to 3.5 nautical miles and 300 ft., according to the UK Airprox Board’s report of incidents assessed at the September 2013 meeting, published at the end of last week.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is urging airports to use differential landing charges to give airlines an incentive to operate cleaner and quieter aircraft.
Irish airlines have welcomed the decision by the country’s government to scrap the Air Travel Tax (ATT), which levied a €3 ($4.10) charge on departing travelers.
