Southwest and AirTran were the first to roll back the 7.5% fare increase, while JetBlue, American and other carriers cut some prices as collection of the taxes resumed Monday. Congress last week appro...
Protests over rising air fares that have caused four deaths and 23 injuries at the airport of Mare island, part of the South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia. The French government has appealed to...
Jetconnect, owned by Qantas, has been fined $12,000 for breaching a flight landing curfew at Wellington International Airport. The airline pleaded guilty to the breach, which occurred on September 18,...
Air Canada has been fined $50,000 by the US Department of Transportation for violating “deceptive price advertising” rules in online ads. Air Canada ads on its websites in early 2011 were found not to...
Congress has reached a bi-partisan compromise to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration. No agreement has yet been reached on the issue of collective bargaining rights for air...
El Al Israel Airlines has filed a complaint with the Israel Antitrust Authority over price fixing by foreign airlines on transatlantic routes. El Al says it was forced to close its direct Tel Aviv-Sao...
Following direct appeals by representatives of charter and cargo carriers to the White House Office of Management and Budget, proposed regulations seeking to issue strict new rules to replace limits o...
At an event hosted by the China Air Transport Association, 21 airlines and air transport associations expressed strong opposition to the EU plan to force countries into its Emissions Trading Scheme ( ...
The Indian government will oppose the European Union emission trading system (ETS) stating that it is unilateral and unfair on carriers from developing countries. EU’s proposal to cap planet-warming g...
The US Airlines Pilots Association has denied it is behind a work slowdown by US Airways pilots, as the airline claims. The union said it had reminded its members not to take part in any improper acti...
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has demanded the bill is passed to end the Federal Aviation Administration closed. At a White House briefing yesterday, LaHood said: “Congress needs to pass a clean...
Ireland’s Department of Transport has stated that the €3 passenger air travel tax will remain until at least next spring because it is not happy with pledges from the airlines about increasing the num...
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