German carrier Lufthansa has flagged a potential sea-change in aircraft-data access, triggered by a European regulatory proposal that would make it mandatory for manufacturers to share operating data with aircraft owners.

Switzerland’s Helvetic Airways has bought four leased Embraer E190s to give it greater operational stability, as fellow regional Portugalia works to overcome delivery delays on its own leased Embraer aircraft.

Lufthansa managed to avoid a second pilot strike within five days and settled on an agreement in principle with union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) Sept. 6.

Blue Air said it will temporarily suspend flights after accusing the Romanian Environment Ministry of blocking access to its bank accounts.

South African Airways (SAA) is in early talks with British Airways (BA) about taking over the latter’s South African franchise operations. 

Wizz Air has introduced fixed rosters for its pilots and cabin crew, changing working practices to improve work-life-balance for its crews and to stabilize operations.

A bipartisan coalition of more than three dozen state attorneys general has called on U.S. lawmakers to strengthen oversight of the airline industry.

An early August delivery to American Airlines was lauded as the first Boeing 787 handover in more than a year, but the manufacturer’s accounting policies mean history will tell a different story.