With a referendum taking place on Thursday 23rd June, the implications of Britain leaving the European Union could have far-reaching consequences for many airlines, both British and European. Currently, the creation of the single aviation market in the 1990s has allowed all member states access to each other’s skies. Additionally, it means that such carriers
Only a day after it had been announced that the deep search vessel John Lethbridge had found fuselage wreckage of EgyptAir’s flight MS804 in “several main locations”, investigators have confirmed that not only has the ‘black box’ cockpit voice recorder been recovered, but that despite extensive damage, the memory unit remained intact – “The vessel’s
On Wednesday, June 15, India’s government approved a new civil aviation policy which is aimed at increasing regional connectivity and cargo operations, while making it easier, and hopefully cheaper for passengers to travel by air. According to the Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju, the policy will aid India in becoming become the third-biggest civil
Since the introduction of passenger rights rules in 2005 there has been a succession of precedents set through legal cases brought before the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU). As a consequence, the resultant inconsistencies the change in scope and content for the legislation has merited a revision to the rules. According to
The week after Lufthansa’s catering business indicated it was considering cutting 2,400 jobs in Europe over the next five years as a result of competition from low-cost rivals and Middle-Eastern carriers, Lufthansa Cargo has announced that 800 jobs worldwide are to go as well. The logistics unit of Deutsche Lufthansa AG expects 500 of the
Three British companies, Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems, have developed an anti-UAV Defense System (AUDS) and through their North American manufacturing and integration partner, Liteye Systems, have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with the FAA. The technology is capable of identifying and disabling UAVs or drones operating
Events surrounding United Technologies Corporation’s (UTC) media days on June 6 and 7 saw Executives from not only UTC, but Pratt & Whitney and UTC Aerospace faced with addressing criticisms of Qatar Airways’ CEO, Akbar Al Baker, made behind the scenes at the IATA AGM in Dublin on June 3. The original intention was for
Subsequent to the Commission asking EU member governments in December to give a mandate to commence discussions on air transport agreements with such countries as Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Turkey and China, the green light has been given for talks to commence on establishing where airlines in these countries could fly into the EU, and
It has been announced by local government officials in Germany that the finance ministry in Mainz, the capital of the Rhineland-Palatinate region, is to sell its 82.5% stake in the loss-making regional Frankfurt Hahn Airport to China’s Shanghai Yiqian Trading Company for a figure reported to be in the low two-digit millions of euros. The
At the Beijing General Aviation Show last year Embraer’s China chief, Guan Dongyuan, was asked whether the company would stop assembling jets in China. His response was that Embraer wanted to “let the market to make [sic] the decision.” With the announcement on Wednesday this week that Embraer is to cease assembly of its sole
