Joseph Emilio Abaya, the incoming transport and communications secretary, has got his work cut out attempting to restore Philippine’s Category 1 status after it was taken away in 2007. This led to a c...
Although retired Capt. John Andrews, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), told a joint congressional committee that the fatal crash of a Piper Seneca plan...
The Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate has rejected a bid by Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines to fly between Istanbul and Belgrade. The authority claims it is due to the terms of a bilateral ...
To secure its new alliance with Emirates Qantas will need to gain approval from regulators in several jurisdictions including the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). Alan Joyce, chief...
The Chinese government has again increased the price of domestic jet fuel by 11% to CNY7,583 per ton ($1,195). The state has increase the domestic jet fuel prices every month this year as the internat...
Airlines operating into the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos are indebted to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to as much as N1.7bilion. The debts were accumulated...
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved a codeshare between American Airlines and Iberia Express. American will place its code on Iberia express service between Madrid and 14 destinatio...
The Indian Supreme Court has refused to stay a government order to increase royalty charges from private airlines for ground handling. A petition filed by Federation of Indian Airlines claims that st...
Nigeria has been classified a high-risk nation by aircraft lessors since the fatal Dana Air crash in June. As a result, lessors have raised lease rates on aircraft to Nigerian airlines by over 40%, wh...
The Indian government is considering creating a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to focus solely on safety, economic regulation and grievance resolution functions for airlines. The CAA will be a financi...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has initiated a study into the safety of mobile electronic devices used by passengers. Although mobile telephones will not be included in the study and will r...
Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, in a speech to the International Society of Air Safety Investigators Annual Seminar in Baltimore, Maryland said th...
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