Canada and Switzerland have signed an enhanced open skies deal to offer more flight flexibility between the two countries. Under an existing agreement flights from Canada can service all 27 EU member ...
Martin Broughton, chairman of British Airways, has described certain airport security measures as “completely redundant”. Forcing people to take off shoes and laptops examined separately in security l...
The European Union has outlined plans to tax member states directly by levying new taxes on air travel and financial transactions. The proposals submitted by the European budget commissioner, Janusz L...
Nigerian-born resident of Ghana, Ademola Ismaila Adegoke, has been jailed for 102 months after he was convicted of using stolen credit card numbers to steal more than $400,000 from US citizens in an a...
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...
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