Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Mar 07, 2018
organized labor, following its December 2017 recognition of trades unions, although the risk of industrial action from some national groups cannot yet be ruled out, the airline’s COO said in London March 7.
Mar 06, 2018
Investigators probing the Feb. 13 inflight shutdown of the No. 2 Pratt & Whitney PW4077 engine on United Airlines Boeing 777-200 heading to Honolulu have traced the issue to a fan-blade separation, a preliminary NTSB report revealed.
Mar 06, 2018
United Airlines management did a fast U-turn March 5 after a proposed overhaul of quarterly employee bonuses met with barrage of resistance.
Mar 05, 2018
The Delta-Aeromexico transborder joint venture (JV) began offering ultra-low-cost fares March 5 as Aeromexico launched its “branded fares” concept and Delta Air Lines touted the increasing range of basic economy fares on what is now more than 50% of Delta’s US-Mexico flights.
Mar 05, 2018
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has canceled more than 140 out of 570 flights March 6-7 as collective bargaining meetings are expected to interrupt flight operations, affecting 10,000 passengers.
Mar 05, 2020
As air transport demand continues to drop as COVID-19 coronavirus infections have begun to cluster beyond the Asia-Pacific region, IATA has widened its estimates on revenue losses for the airline industry.
Mar 04, 2020
Organizers on March 4 canceled the World ATM Congress planned in Madrid next week, citing travel restrictions that have been implemented because of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Mar 04, 2020
U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) auditors will examine the FAA’s recently-updated safety inspector staffing model with an eye on evaluating whether forecasted personnel needs are accurate, and how the agency factors in designees.
Mar 03, 2020
Spanish air traffic control (ATC) equipment provider Indra plans to conduct a comprehensive modernization of the air navigation infrastructure in the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan.
Mar 03, 2020
The European Commission (EC) is rejecting for now demands by the airline industry to suspend slot rules for congested airports, even as the industry struggles with a massive demand reduction in some markets.
Mar 03, 2020
The Italian government’s latest loan to Alitalia has come under the scrutiny of the European Commission (EC), to see if it complies with European regulations on state aid.
Mar 03, 2020
With COVID-19 coronavirus cases multiplying in South Korea, Iran and Italy, Singapore has taken more steps to mitigate the risk.
Mar 02, 2020
More than 45,000 respondents have commented on the FAA’s draft regulation for remote identification of drones as of the March 2 deadline.