HE Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority and Hungary's Ambassador to the UAE, His Excellency Zoltan Jancsi, today signed an open skies agreement in the...
Both major Australian political parties have rebuked Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce over the management of the company in advance of what are expected to be bleak financial results. Labor has state...
The Indian aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has asked airline CEOs for advice on how to reverse the US downgrade of its air safety ranking, according to local news...
The Federal Aviation Administration has banned pilots from using laptops, cellphones or other electronic devices for personal reasons while on duty in the cockpit. The new rules, which come into force...
Tony Tyler, head of IATA, has commented at the EU-ASEAN Aviation Summit in Singapore on a number of global aviation issues but specifically on the subject of passenger rights. Tyler raised his concern...
Air Zimbabwe (Private) company secretary Grace Pfumbidzayi has been found guilty of defrauding the airline of $5,175,593 and US$1,204,670 in an aviation insurance scam. A disciplinary tribunal found t...
A diplomatic conference is planned for next month to update international law on dealing with unruly passengers since incidents have increased dramatically since records started to be kept by IATA in ...
The US Embassy in the South American nation of Guyana has warned of a threat to Caribbean Airline flights from Guyana to the US. It urged Americans to find alternate travel arrangements for the next t...
Ed Winters, CEO of fastjet, has called on the government to deregulate the market in South Africa in order to create a more level playing field for airlines flying to the country. Winters states that ...
The European Parliament has voted today on proposals from the European Commission to strengthen passenger rights including: measures to ensure that air passengers have new and better rights to informa...
Thailand’s Department of Civil Aviation has granted an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) to Thai AirAsia X. The airline may now commence operations from Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport. Thai...
Canberra-based Brindabella went into receivership in December owing $37.7m say its receivers, and could have been trading while technically insolvent. The grounding of the airline caused 140 employees...
We're Social