The US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has reported that US scheduled passenger airlines employed 0.6% fewer workers in September 2010 than in September 2009. ...
South American drugs gangs are reported to be buying used commercial aircraft to transport cocaine from South America to Africa, say US prosecutors. The gangs are alleged to be buying the jets then fl...
Colombia agreed to liberalise US-Colombia air services for airlines of both countries and became the United State’s 100th Open-Skies partner. Once full Open Skies takes effect at the end of 2012, airl...
Pilots, flight attendants, and liberty groups are protesting that pat-down procedures go "extremely voyeuristic and intrusive." The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) pat-down procedure is p...
The Federal Aviation Administration has stated that aircraft manufacturers and airlines must intensify and streamline inspections of the metallic skeleton and skin of aircraft to ward off serious stru...
The Canadian federal government is being sued by several small airlines who say they lost more than $1 million due to security restrictions imposed during the Olympic Games and want to be compensated ...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has criticised Israel for its inferior aviation safety record. The association caused the safety situation a “national embarrassment” and warned of t...
Akbar Al Baker, chief executive of Qatar Airways, has deemed the European emissions trading scheme (ETS) as nothing more than an extra tax on airlines. He commented that rather than helping to reduce ...
The director general of Civil Aviation in India (DGCA) has indicted Emirates Airline for failings on its Dubai-Kochi flight on April 25 which suffered severe air turbulence injuring 18 passengers a...
The European Union’s Aviation Safety Committee will interview Air Algeria officials on Wednesday to assess the airline’s compliance with European safety standards. Wahid Bouabdallah, CEO of Air Al...
The National Airports Corporation (NAC) of Zambia has rejected a proposal by Zambian Airways to settle outside of court the debt of US$2 million that the defunct airline owes the corporation. NAC ...
Egyptian authorities are carrying out closer screening of airline passengers from six Arab nations, including Yemen, after the discovery of bombs sent through airline cargo from that country. Author...
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