As the popularity of e-cigarettes increases, the FAA wants airlines to ensure passengers don’t put their e-cigarettes in checked baggage, when they can pose a fire hazard in the cargo compartment. The...
Local 591, a unit of the Transport Workers Union of America, which represents American Airlines' mechanics, has filed a lawsuit late last week alleging that maintenance directors pressured workers to ...
In advance of Pope Francis' visit to the Philippines, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines has lifted the aircraft restriction at the Tacloban Airport, which means A320-type aircraft will n...
The US will initiate discussions with Cuba to re-establish diplomatic relations, it was revealed today. “Decades of US isolation of Cuba have failed to accomplish our enduring objective of promoting t...
According to a report in French newspaper, Les Echos, Air France has rejected a planned 2.4% increase in Aeroports de Paris fees for 2015 and has called for a tariff freeze. ...
The European Commission has approved the sale of Lufthansa's IT infrastructure unit to IBM. "The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns given the very ...
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is investigating an incident involving an inflight engine fire onboard a Flybe Bombardier Q400 aircraft on Tuesday. Flight BE130 was en route from Glas...
Norwegian wants equal conditions of competition in the Scandinavian aviation market and has therefore submitted a formal complaint regarding unlawful differential treatment in favour of SAS to the Eur...
Germany’s intention to increase its air traffic control service charges to airline by 16.6% from January 1, 2015 has been described as an “outrageous price hike”, which is almost 40 times the rate of ...
The US Congress has passed the Honor Flight Act, H.R. 4812, which revises passenger airline security fee requirements to limit per round trip fees to $11.20. ...
Shortcomings in design and certification ultimately led to the fire in a lithium-ion battery installed on a Boeing 787 jetliner that had just completed an intercontinental flight to Boston, the NTSB d...
From May 1, 2015, the UK will scrap air passenger duty (APD) for children under 12 years old traveling in economy class. From May 1, 2016, the exemption will be extended to children under 16. The chan...
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