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Six incidents in the UK over the last year involving aircraft and drones have forced the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) to issue a warning to drone users over improper use and the requirement for drone pilots to follow a code of conduct. In the UK it is against the law to recklessly endanger an aircraft,

The parents of the 18 schoolchildren who were killed, along with their teachers, in the Germanwings crash back on March 24th have issued a letter through their solicitors, Elmar Giemulla, requesting an apology from Germanwings over the death of their children. They have made it clear they all felt their children might still be alive

Boeing released a new forecast showing continued strong demand for commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians as the world’s airlines add 38,000 airplanes to the global fleet over the next 20 years. Boeing’s 2015 Pilot and Technician Outlook projects that between 2015 and 2034, the world will require 558,000 new commercial airline pilots and 609,000

Carrying 420 million passengers in 2014, representing half of all passenger journeys in Europe, five of the region’s major airlines, Air France-KLM, easyJet, IAG, Lufthansa Group and Ryanair have met with the European Union’s Transport Commissioner, Violeta Bulc, to discuss future EU aviation strategy. The move is notable for a number of reasons, including the

The Single European Sky (SES) initiative was launched in 2000 by the European Commission after the airline industry suffered from severe delays to flights in Europe during 1999. A working party was created and, based on the recommendations in its report, at the end of 2001 the Commission produced a legislative package. This package was

Munich Airport welcomed the ruling by the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, in which the court has now dismissed the six outstanding complaints filed by the environmental group Bund Naturschutz Bayern and five private individuals. The plaintiffs had filed motions with the Leipzig court following the rejection of their appeals in the administrative proceedings on