Improvement in air cargo traffic growth “has stalled,” IATA reported, citing a 2.3% year-over-year decline in total global airfreight traffic in March.
Alaska Airlines’ flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), have filed for mediation with the National Mediation Board, AFA said in a statement.
Flight attendants for Compass Airlines, a Delta Connection carrier, have ratified their first contract with assistance from the National Mediation Board.
Lufthansa and the Verdi union, which represents the German carrier’s ground staff, have struck a new 26-month pay deal ending bitter tensions between the two sides.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is assisting the Afghanistan Ministry of Transportation and Commercial Aviation in the investigation of the crash of a National Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter shortly after takeoff from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan Monday.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has banned its carriers from flying over Syria after a Nordwind Airlines Airbus A320 crew spotted combat activity and felt threatened during a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh to Kazan April 29.
The European Commission has put forward a set of proposals aimed at strengthening the rights of air passengers, and clarifying ambiguities in existing legislation that have exposed a number of legal loopholes.
Charlotte, N.C. mayor Anthony Foxx was nominated Monday by President Barack Obama to become the US’s 17th secretary of transportation, replacing Ray LaHood, the former Republican congressman from Illinois who has served as head of the US Department of Transportation for over four years.
Achieving an ICAO-based global emissions trading agreement by the fall 2013 deadline will be difficult, IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler told a Washington DC audience in April.
United Airlines has put in place a set of initiatives to save 85 million gallons of fuel in 2013, equivalent to 828,750 metric tons of CO2 or roughly $275 million at current fuel prices.
President Barack Obama will nominate Charlotte, N.C., mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next US transportation secretary, according to widespread media reports.
Ethiopian Airlines resumed Boeing 787 Dreamliner today revenue service with a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, making it the first carrier to relaunch Dreamliner flights since the aircraft was grounded in January.
[UPDATED] The US Congress passed legislation to give FAA flexibility to transfer funds to enable the agency to end furloughs of air traffic controllers, at least through the end of the US government’s fiscal year Sept. 30.
CTT Systems CTT Systems, founded in 1991 in Nyköping, Sweden, has incorporated a strategy to consolidate its position as the leading player in the development of products in the dehumidification and humidification product sector...
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has decided to delay allowing passengers to bring small knives and other objects, such as sporting equipment, aboard commercial aircraft.
FAA has proposed a $4 million civil penalty against United Parcel Service (UPS) for allegedly failing to follow FAA-approved procedures for making structural repairs to two DC-8 freighter aircraft and two MD-11Fs.
The head of IATA has called for a US aviation agenda that would recognize that America’s airline industry is deregulated and should be treated as such.
Extensive testing on lithium ion batteries during the 787 certification process led Boeing to believe that “significant overcharging” was the only occurrence that would cause the batteries to vent fire, according to a senior Boeing executive.
News from Travel Technology Update: Travelport’s Airline Merchandising Platform, unveiled at the CAPA Airlines in Transition conference near Dublin, was designed to “meet airlines wherever they are” in the merchandising universe, according to Derek Sharp, managing director of global distribution and sales.
