Spanish airline Vueling Airlines is allowed to charge passengers for checked baggage even though there is a Spanish law preventing airlines from levying the extra fee. Advocate General Yves Bot provid...
IATA reaches agreement with Open Allies for Airfare Transparency The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Open Allies for Airfare Transparency (Open Allies) filed a joint motion with the...
Reports are filtering in that Mexico has reversed a decision to impose a new tax on jet fuel. The tax would have added 0.12 Mexican pesos ($0.009) to each litre of fuel that could have had a serious i...
Republicans have agreed an increase to the Sept. 11 security fee on US airline tickets which the Department of Homeland Security first proposed some time ago. It is one of the only bipartisan supporte...
US sanctions have been breached by nineteen people and companies in Europe and Asia who acted as middlemen for Iranian airline Mahan Air, allowing it procure supplies from the United States in violati...
Some members of the US Congress are seeking to ban airlines from allowing cellphone calls while an aircraft is in the air. The calls by Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Steve Cohen come ahead of a meeting on...
In a statement, the Airlines Operators Association of Nepal has commented that the European Commission’s decision to keep ban all Nepal-based airline companies from flying into or within the EU is a d...
The Transportation Safety Administration must continue to staff airport security exit lanes and abandon its plan to unload costs and responsibility onto already financially-strained local airports, th...
The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) will begin to issue tourist visas for historical sites on the basis of certain regulations approved by the Ministries of Interior and Foreign Af...
Airlines 4 America is lobbying against a proposed increase in 9/11 Security Fee from $2.50 to $5 per segment. The increase has bipartisan support as Congress seeks to increase revenue due to automatic...
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $325,000 civil penalty against Dallas-based Southwest Airlines for allegedly operating an aircraft that had b...
United, American and Delta have all filed flight plans with Chinese authorities when travelling through an air defence zone Beijing has declared over the East China Sea. The airline were advised to fo...
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