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Airlines for America (A4A) has been a strong supporter of the proposed restructuring of the FAA via Bill Shuster’s (R- Pennsylvania) reauthorization bill which aims to create a nonprofit and independent corporation to manage and operate US air traffic control (ATC). This is the alternative to the Bipartisan Senate FAA reauthorization bill proposed by John

With Indian banks struggling to deal with approximately US$120 billion in bad debts, demands from authorities to clean up their balance sheets has seen heightened efforts to recover US$1.40 billion from former carrier Kingfisher Airlines, which ceased operations in October 2012, leaving a string of debts behind it. The airlines debts were guaranteed by the

Despite the confirmed return of Oscar Munoz to the United helm only two months after undergoing a heart transplant and despite the positive impact he had already made at United in the month prior to his hospitalization after a heart attack, an investor-driven shake-up of the board is looming. The two investment funds who own

Nearly two years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council has announced in Montréal that it will be adopting new provisions to avoid the total disappearance of commercial aircraft that are in distress in remote locations. These new provisions take the form of amendments to Annex 6

On the 20th anniversary of the International Air Transportation Association’s opening of their Moscow office, it has chosen this occasion to strengthen the relationship with Russian aviation through the further implementation of global standards and best practices. According to IATA’s Director General and CEO, Tony Tyler: “A healthy aviation sector is vital for Russia –