The European Union (EU) has over-reached and needs to rethink its approach to new taxes that would offset airline emissions, according to the head of the Assn. of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
The ICAO governing council on Wednesday agreed to adopt a working paper urging the European Union (EU) and its member states to refrain from including flights by non-EU carriers to/from an airport in the EU in its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
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The Russian online travel industry, if not in its infancy, is barely into toddlerhood. Until the mid-2000s, travel e-commerce didn’t exist. The initial pioneer went bankrupt. Several more emerged at the same time, and Hotels.com and Booking.com came in. Some start-ups tried to copy the Booking.com model – and the company’s success – but one entrepreneur said they were overlooking a distinctive trait of Russian travelers: “They like to buy travel packages from tour operators,” Mikhail Reider, founder of HipWay, said.
Air France (AF) expects to operate a full schedule Thursday, following five days of disruptions owing to strike action called by some of the unions representing its cabin crew.
IATA director general and CEO Tony Tyler said the EU has "stirred up a hornet's nest" by insisting it will move forward with the inclusion of aviation in its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) next year, and again urged European nations to negotiate a global agreement on aviation carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through ICAO.
Baltic Aviation Academy has added Airbus A330 and A340 type rating trainings to its list of training programs. Thales UK received a contract from British Airways (BA) to supply one Airbus A380 full-flight simulator. It will be delivered to the BA Flight Training Center in January 2013, initially used to provide advance training for BA pilots and aircrew.
ARINC completed the installation of 189 new self-service passenger kiosks at London Heathrow Airport in Terminals 1, 3 and 4. It upgraded and gradually replaced an older generation of kiosks with new IBM A2 Series kiosks. Separately, it announced it will host its airline check-in solution, vMUSE Enterprise on the Enterprise Cloud, delivered by Terremark, a Verizon subsidiary, under a five-year service agreement. Amadeus extended its full-content agreement with American Airlines.
A LOT Polish Airlines (LO) Boeing 767 originating from Newark made an emergency landing Tuesday at Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) following a central hydraulic system failure.
Qantas (QF) confirmed to ATW that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) is investigating the alleged sabotage of one of its 265-seat Boeing 767s in Brisbane Oct. 26 while the aircraft was undergoing upgrade work.
Russian airlines carried 49.37 million passengers from January to September this year, up 12.8% compared to the same period last year, according to figures published by Rosaviatsia—Russia’s Dept. of Aviation/Ministry of Transport.
The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia did not approve the Russian Ministry of Transport’s amendment to increase the required minimum number of aircraft operated by an airline.
Air China (CA) conducted the latest biofuel demonstration flight Friday, operating a Boeing 747-400 with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines partially powered by jatropha-based fuel.
Most Qantas (QF) flights were expected to be back to normal by early Tuesday as the fallout of the bitter industrial battle dominated Australia’s Parliament Monday.
Qantas (QF) will be back in the air from Monday afternoon after industrial arbitrator Fair Work Australia ruled the industrial action must be terminated. This is subject to approval from the regulator, QF said in a statement.
The US FAA has proposed $1 million in civil penalties against Memphis, Tenn.-Pinnacle Airlines, for allegedly operating two Canadair regional jets in 2009 and 2010 on a combined 63 flights when they were not in compliance with federal aviation regulations.
Papua New Guinea’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) for the Bombardier Dash-8 -100/200/300 aircraft , operated by the Airlines of Papua New Guinea (PNG), following the Oct. 13 crash of its Dash-8-100, killing 28 people.
American Airlines (AA) and its fleet and ground service workers, represented by Transport Workers Union (TWU), have reached a tentative agreement in principle, AA said.
Qantas (QF) has warned the three unions at the center of the airline’s industrial turmoil to accept the shareholders’ vote at Friday’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and stop trashing the airline.
The Transport Workers Union (TWU)—representing Qantas (QF) baggage handlers, caterers and ground staff union—has rejected a new pay offer from QF, setting the scene for more travel disruption.
Boeing has reported third-quarter net income of $1.1 billion, or $1.46 per share, on revenue of $17.7 billion but concedes lower deliveries of 787s and 747-8s.
