Polish flag-carrier LOT has become the latest European airline to receive government funding to help tide it over the financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has denied claims by ULCC Ryanair that a sudden change in policy has forced the airline to stop operating on 12 UK domestic and international routes.

As Canada’s airlines wait for details of specific financial aid from the government, the country aims by next summer to introduce new rules addressing large-scale flight cancellations. 

An Air France crew that spent 17 hours on the ground with 497 passengers after a diversion to Atlantic Canada has lessons to apply in similar predicaments.

A bipartisan effort to fast-track new FAA certification and oversight mandates is using the emergency funding-focused omnibus bill to get the legislation into law, agreeing on new requirements targeting what the agency can delegate to manufacturers, emphasizing human factors reviews, and urging FAA to spearhead improvement of global pilot training. 

Dublin Airport has applied to remove planning conditions surrounding its new, second runway that the airport’s operator said would adversely affect use of the entire facility.

The FAA’s recent shift towards working with certificate holders to resolve certain regulatory violations and its handling of safety complaints from employees are facing renewed scrutiny and some legislative changes following a Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee report on safety oversight.

In early December, as they limped towards a Christmas holiday season set to be marked by minimal demand, and with Brexit uncertainty on the horizon, executives at Europe’s airlines were probably thinking things could not get much worse. But then along came the latest piece of bad news.