A Canadian court has ruled unanimously in favour of Kuwait Airways in its long-running dispute with Iraq Airways. The case stems from the First Gulf War when the Kuwati airline claims Iraq stole aircr...
Passengers boarding flights in Austrian will be charged a new "ecological air travel levy". European flights will incur a €8 charge, with €40 for long-haul flights. The Austrian government hopes the w...
UK transport secretary Philip Hammond announced plans to launch a full aviation policy review, the first for seven years. The review was announced at the Airport Operators Association conference yeste...
New Orleans Louis Armstrong International airport has abandoned plans to go private. The airport board has voted to end efforts to raise money by selling a long-term lease to a private operator. The F...
Qatar and Syria have concluding a new open skies air transport agreement in Damascus. The agreement, signed by Qatar Civil Aviation Authority chairman Abdul Aziz al-Noaimi and Syria Civil Aviation Aut...
Richard Anderson, Delta's chairman and chief executive officer, has publicaly stated that the European Union should help the region's carriers compete with fast-growing Middle East carriers. He says c...
After refusals to refuel its commercial aircraft in London, Iran has threatened to retaliate against British oil companies. Although the oil companies are not acting illegally by refuelling Iranian c...
North Korea has reopened the inter-Korean aviation hotline it had closed on May 26. "The North last Saturday told us through the Kaesong Industrial Complex that it will reconnect the inter-Korean civi...
Following two days of negotiations India and Iraq have modified a bilateral air service agreement to permit both to operate up to 12 flights a week to four different destinations in the other's territ...
Under the new US federal health care law, Boeing has stated that it would be charging 90,000 non-union employees more for health insurance. Although the aircraft manufacturer said it would have made t...
Seating federal air marshals in first class has become a cost no longer justified by airlines. The Air Transport Association and several airline CEOs have appealed to the Transportation Security Admin...
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and the president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, have agreed to establish a joint ad hoc group to study and work on proposals to develop cooperation in the aviation in...
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