Safety, Ops & Regulation

InterGlobe Enterprises and CAE have set up a new pilot training facility—CAE Simulation Training Private Ltd.—at Noida near Delhi.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
American Airlines parent company AMR Corp. and US Airways will use the stock ticker symbol AAL after they merge into a single airline.
Airlines & Lessors

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering a proposal to ease restrictions on cell phone calls aboard commercial flights within the US.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russian State Duma is considering a bill banning aircraft over 20 years old following the Nov. 17 crash of a Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 in Kazan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The European Parliament has approved funding for the region’s two satellite navigation programs—Galileo and the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS)—until 2020.
Airports & Networks

Inside Travel Technology Update - Nov. 21, 2013
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A Boeing Dreamlifter cargo aircraft operated by Atlas Air safely reached its eventual destination Thursday afternoon after having mistakenly landed at the wrong airport—which was unequipped to handle the modified 747-400 freighter—Wednesday night.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Interjet is exploring opening a Sukhoi Superjet 100 pilot training center in Mexico.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

News from Travel Technology Update: The three Western GDS companies—Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport—are introducing new functionality and features on the eve of the PhoCusWright Conference in Hollywood, Fla.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
A preliminary analysis of the Nov. 17 Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 crash in Kazan has determined there was no indication of technical failure in the systems and engines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu of Nigeria has been elected as the fifth president of the ICAO Council to replace Roberto Kobeh González at the beginning of next year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Premium air travel growth slowed in September, with overall international premium traffic increasing 3.3% year-over-year, but weakening compared to August’s 8.6% surge, according to IATA’s September Premium Traffic Monitor.
Airlines & Lessors

Finnair said on Monday that reconciliation had been reached between the Finnish Aviation Union (IAU) and Finnair’s catering subcontractor LSG Sky Chefs Finland in negotiations led by the national conciliator.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russian authorities are focusing their investigation into the fatal Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 crash in Kazan on five possible causes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
A Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737 has crashed on landing at Kazan airport. It is believed that all passengers and crew onboard were killed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Finnair continued to face a strike threat Friday despite an 11th-hour agreement with the Finnish Flight Attendants Association (SLSY) and the Finnish Aviation Union (IAU), which was supposed to cancel industrial action scheduled to begin Friday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Finnair has reached an 11th-hour agreement with the Finnish Flight Attendants Association (SLSY) and the Finnish Aviation Union (IAU), which cancels industrial action scheduled to begin today.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Asia-Pacific airlines are being held back on global aviation policy making because they do not have the advantage of speaking with a single voice the way European Union countries and the US do, airline CEOs were told Friday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A “patchwork quilt” of passenger rights regulations enacted by governments worldwide are adding “cost and complexity” to airline operations and getting “in the way” of good customer service, IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Boeing and Brazil’s GOL will team up to research, develop and approve new sources of sustainable aviation biofuel in Brazil.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Boeing union workers in Washington state have voted to reject a proposed labor contract extension, casting doubt on whether the 777X will be built at Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ facilities in the Seattle area.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Finnair has downgraded its financial guidance for the year in the face of potential strike action that could start as early as Friday and last until Nov. 23.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday cleared the final regulatory hurdle for Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways to buy a 24% stake in Jet Airways.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
By the end of November, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will issue guidance allowing passengers to use personal electronic devices (PEDs) during taxiing, take-off and landing.
Interiors & Connectivity

With the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) behind them, American Airlines and US Airways now believe their merger can close in the first half of December.
Airlines & Lessors