- US Airlines Offer Measured Response[Aug. 11, 2006]
Air Transport Assn. President and CEO James May said at a Washington news conference yesterday that US airlines do not plan to seek financial aid from the government for expenses associated with delays and increased security as a result of Thursday's events.
- UNICOF, Ghana Airways Go for Arbitration[Aug. 09, 2006]
The dispute between the Union of Industry, Commerce and Finance Workers Union (UNICOF), of the defunct Ghana Airways and the Official Liquidator over the quantum of redundancy pay is to go for voluntary arbitration.
- ROUTES Attracts Aerospace Manufacturers to Dubai[Aug. 10, 2006]
Routes, the World Route Development Forum and the leading airline/airport gathering, will feature a much higher profile from the airframers when it opens its door in Dubai during 17-19 September.
- Australia's AOPA Blasts Airports 'Failure'[Aug. 09, 2006]
Airport privatisation is a failed government policy that has handed control to operators who do not have the interests of aviation or the local community at heart, general aviation's peak body says.
- Qataris Could Fund National Airline[Aug. 05, 2006]
President Gayoom returned from his trip to the Gulf this weekend claiming that Qatari officials were ready to begin deliberations on establishing a national airline in the Maldives.
- Airport Revamp in IIM-A Crosshair Link[Aug. 07, 2006]
After studying how Lalu Prasad turned around the Railways, researchers at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, now find the country's airport revamp fascinating enough to study. The B-school will bring out a case study on the bidding process for the modernisation of the Delhi and Mumbai airports.
- US Senate Passes Pension Overhaul Plan[Aug. 07, 2006]
The US Senate passed legislation late Thursday that significantly reforms US pension law and gives struggling airlines needed extra time to fund defined retirement programs.
- United Seeks Open Skies Over Pacific[Aug. 05, 2006]
Australia faces new pressure to open up lucrative air routes across the Pacific, this time from the US.
- Rex Bites Back in Stoush over Fees[Aug. 04, 2006]
Regional Express (Rex) airlines has hit out at claims by the Australian Airports Association (AAA) that it is brow-beating regional airports to discount or waive landing fees.
- EU Pushes Air Emissions Trading[Aug. 01, 2006]
The European Union is to limit carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft, probably from 2010, the Financial Times reports Tuesday, with emissions trading the most likely route to be taken.