UPS said on Sunday it was assessing the fire risks posed by lithium batteries, following an FAA report issued on Friday last. The FAA had said in its alert that the aircraft’s cargo contained large qu...
Africa is home to 12% of the world’s people, but it accounts for less than 1% of the global air service market. Part of the reason for Africa’s under-served status, according to a just-published World...
Air France-KLM Group is teaming up with Europe’s biggest airlines to push for European Union action to slow the encroachment of Emirates and other Gulf carriers, saying the region’s status as an air-t...
The Indian Government has deployed more than 1,300 additional security personnel for guarding key airports across the country in the last five months as part of a systematic enhancement of surveillanc...
The airline industry has publicly opposed a move by the US Department of Transportation to mandate that all airlines offer refunds of the fees when your bags are lost or delayed. The top 10 airlines p...
The latest data shows that President Obama’s Transportation Department has collected nearly twice as much in aviation industry fines as in the final two years of George W Bush’s administration. In May...
At a keynote speech at the Caribbean Tourist Organisation Leadership Strategy Conference in Barbados, British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh warned that excessive taxes could force some airlines...
The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation for Taiwan has declared Taiwanese airlines engaged in flights across the Taiwan Strait exempt from business tax and corporate income ta...
The Bahamian Civil Aviation Authority has warned Bahamians to take heed of the safety risks when flying with unauthorised charter operators following the crash of an Acklins Blue aircraft on Tuesday. ...
The US Transportation Department has indicated that it will approve antitrust immunity to US-Japanese alliances. The airlines being granted immunity are American Airlines and Japan Airlines, which are...
A report by Indian think tank, The Observer Research Foundation of Mumbai, has declared that the new airport at Navi Mumbai along with the existing airport at Panvel will both be saturated in 25 years...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ruled that the aircraft must maintain 10 miles behind Boeing’s new 787s during landing. The requirement calls for twice the distance aircraft are required...
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