On August 8th, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in accordance with the International Heal...
The Iranian government’s Transportation Committee has stated that the Sepahan Airlines IrAn-140 turboprop that crashed in Tehran last week, did not conform to airworthiness standards.Ahmad Jabbari, he...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) African Aviation Day emphasized the need for intra-African air connectivity to spread economic and social prosperity across the continent. In particu...
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has issued a statement on the US FAA’s latest amendment to repair station regulations under 14 CFR part 145.Sarah MacLeod, ARSA’s executive director,...
Kenya Airways has filed a case with the Nairobi High Court over the non-payment of up to KES330 million (US$3.8 million) in compensation owed to it by the Kenya Airport Authority (KAA), after a fire a...
The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has granted anti-trust immunity (ATI) to the alliance agreed between Singapore-based budget carriers Scoot and Tigerair Singapore last December.The ATI al...
FlightStats has released its rankings of airlines’ punctuality for July. During July, Saudi Arabian Airlines recorded the highest punctuality, with 90.7% of flights on-time. Iberia was second at 89.17...
IATA has published the 58th edition of World Air Transport Statistics (WATS).The report states that system-wide during 2013, passenger airlines carried 3.129 billion passengers on scheduled services, ...
Edinburgh Airport has recorded its greatest number of passengers during summer, with more than 1.1 million passengers travelling through the airport during July, which is a 1.8% increase on July 2013....
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the decision by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to grant final approval to Resolution 787, which is the foundation ...
ICAO's recently assembled task force on risks to civil aviation arising from conflict zones will meet for the first time on August 14th-15th at the organisation's headquarters in Montreal, Canada.Secr...
Twelve Russian carriers have been fined a total of UAH24.48 million ($2.09 million) by the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine for violating Ukrainian airspace during March and early April of thi...
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