EASA has published a set of proposals to the European Commission for an update of the rules concerning pilots’ medical fitness, as part of its Action Plan following the Germanwings Flight 9525 accident. These rules are contained in so-called Part-MED, which covers aviation safety rules related to the medical aspect and fitness of aircrews. Released […]
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In light of a number of fires onboard aircraft which have been attributed to ignition of lithium batteries, in a joint letter to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Transport, the International Air Transport Association, directors of Civil Aviation and the world’s largest lithium battery manufacturing and export countries, IATA, PRBA, the US Rechargeable Battery
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Delta Air Lines is redefining international business class travel with the introduction of the Delta One suite, the first business class cabin to feature a sliding door at each suite. Designed with an emphasis on exceptional customer comfort and privacy, the Delta One suite offers each customer a private space accessed by a sliding door
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Despite every effort, Dublin-based Norwegian Air International (NAI) has still failed to persuade the US authorities to issue a permit to enable it to fly transatlantic routes to America. This failure by the US authorities could have the potential to damage the proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The continued delays come despite
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The flight attendants at United Airlines ratified a contract covering 25,000 flight attendants. Over 90% participated in the vote with 53% voting to ratify the agreement. This agreement was reached on June 24, 2016, with assistance from the National Mediation Board. Under the new agreement, all United flight attendants will be joined by a single
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FLYHT Aerospace Solutions has launched real-time data services in the People’s Republic of China. The undisclosed airline is the first Chinese customer to select data services provided by the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) on its fleet of CRJ-900 aircraft. This Chinese operator receives their new aircraft with AFIRS already installed from Bombardier as
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United and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) announced jointly that they have reached an agreement in principle for a joint contract covering the company’s approximately 9,000 technicians and related employees. The parties will complete final language and put the resulting tentative agreement out to vote by the technicians and related employees.
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Tourist numbers in Turkey are continuing to fall amidst political unrest and terrorism threats. While the year-on-year figure for May revealed a drop of 34.7%, June’s year-on-year figure stands at 40.86%, which will equate to an approximate loss of revenue from tourism of US$8 billion if the year’s overall reduction in tourist numbers averages out
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Panasonic Avionics and Yahsat have singned a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore new ways to offer a broadband connectivity solution serving several mobility markets in the Middle East within the next three to five years. In addition, while final terms are still being negotiated, the MOU allows both parties to further investigate the launch
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Problems continue at Delta Airlines as the ‘ripple effect’ of early Monday’s power outage continues to spread. While it was initially thought the outage originated at Georgia Power which controls the power grid to Atlanta Airport, it was subsequently discovered that the outage started in the airline’s equipment. A Delta Airlines spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that
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