The China Air Transport Assn. (CATA) is rethinking its lawsuit strategy against the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in the wake of this week’s Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruling.
Saab Aircraft Leasing (SAL) has completed the sale of an undisclosed number of aircraft from its European portfolio to four companies and agreed to a lease with a fifth company.
Including international aviation in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) does not infringe upon the principles of customary international law or the open skies agreement between the EU and the US, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled Wednesday.
FAA issued a long-anticipated final rule Wednesday on pilot flight time, duty and rest that imposes tighter restrictions on airlines and flight deck crew, though it also softened some of the provisions contained in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) released on pilot fatigue 15 months ago.
Turkish Technic has signed contracts with Yakutia Airlines, which includes a maintenance service agreement to cover one C check on a Boeing 737-800 and a painting service agreement to cover one -800 tail painting. SR Technics inked five-year contracts with Philippine Airlines for repair cycle management, which covers its fleet of 33 Airbus aircraft and for engine maintenance, covering 21 CFM56-5Cs.
A rare computer glitch has been blamed for the 2008 turbulence incident that injured 119 passengers and crew on Qantas (QF) Airbus A330 flight 72 from Singapore to Perth ( ATW Daily News, Oct. 7, 2008).
The European Commission (EC) last week raided the premises of Brussels Airlines (SN) and TAP Portugal (TP) in Belgium and Portugal, as part of its investigation to verify whether the carriers’ codeshare agreements are in breach of EU antitrust rules.
Qantas (QF) and the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Assn. (ALAEA) have reached an agreement, bringing to a close one of the most bitter disputes in Australian aviation history.
Four Chinese carriers—Air China (CA), China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Hainan Airlines—are planning to file a lawsuit against the European Union European Trading Scheme (EU ETS), scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.
The FAA is proposing a $777,000 civil penalty against Horizon Air Industries (QX) for allegedly operating 32 Bombardier Dash-8-400 turboprops on 49,870 flights between Oct. 19, 2009 and March 17, 2010 when the aircraft were not in compliance with federal aviation regulations.
Global airline safety performance has improved in all regions this year, except Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, according to IATA.
Air New Zealand (NZ) has signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with Australia-based Licella Pty Ltd to examine developing and marketing a process to convert woody biomass into sustainable aviation biofuel in New Zealand. Licella has developed a process that uses a Catalytic Hydro Thermal Reactor (Cat-HTR), which converts woody materials and other biomass into a high-quality, bio-crude oil in a one-step process.
News from Travel Technology Update: Travelport executives have been saying for some time that the GDS model is evolving: Agency incentives will still be a part of it, but the technology that Travelport provides will become more important to agencies’ success.
US civil aircraft sales will total $49.68 billion in 2011, up 3.1% year-over-year, and rise another 4.1% in 2012 to $51.71 billion, the US Aerospace Industries Assn. (AIA) said Wednesday in releasing its annual forecast.
