- Delta's Comair Unit Expects Pilot Furloughs[Jul. 09, 2009]
Comair expects to lay off up to 100 pilots in wake of capacity cuts by parent company Delta Air Lines Inc, the regional carrier said on Jul. 9.
- Tanzania Investigates Reports of Air Crash Bodies[Jul. 07, 2009]
Tanzanian police said on Jul. 7 that they were investigating reports that some bodies from a crashed Yemeni airliner had washed up on an island.
- Air France May Trim Work Hours After Summer: Paper[Jul. 08, 2009]
Air France-KLM may resort to several measures at the end of the summer, including reduced working hours, for the first time in its history to deal with the slump in demand, the airline's head said in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper.
- Bill May Raise Foreign Capital in Brazil Airlines[Jul. 08, 2009]
Foreign capital limits in Brazilian airline companies could rise to 49 percent from a present cap of 20 percent, according to a draft bill that the Civil Aviation Advisory Council said on July 8 it is sending to the government.
- Qantas Fined in Canada Air Cargo Price-Fix Scheme[Jul. 07, 2009]
Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd has pleaded guilty to participating in a price-fixing conspiracy on air cargo exported on certain routes from Canada between May 2002 and February 2006, Canada's Competition Bureau said on Jul. 7.
- Australia: SmartGate Deployed at Sydney Airport[Jul. 03, 2009]
SmartGate, the self-processing option for travellers, is now available at Sydney International Airport.
- Indonesia Says Expects EU to Lift Ban on 4 Airlines[Jul. 05, 2009]
An Indonesian transport ministry official said on July 5 that the European Union (EU) was expected to lift its ban on four Indonesian airlines soon, but the ban would stay in place for several of the country's other airlines.
- Bird Strikes: A Growing Problem at U.S. Airports[Jul. 01, 2009]
Despite renewed efforts by New York officials to keep skies around the city's airports clear of wildlife, a passenger plane was damaged after hitting a bird as it landed this week in what is a growing industry problem.
- Appeals Court Prevents Delta From Ending Contract[Jul. 02, 2009]
A U.S. federal appeals court this week affirmed a decision by a lower court to prevent Delta Air Lines from ending a flying agreement with a regional carrier, court documents show.
- Top EU Transport Official Calls for Worldwide Airline Blacklist[Jun. 30, 2009]
On June 30, EU Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani called for a worldwide blacklist of unsafe airlines after a Yemeni airliner crashed off the coast of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros.