Air Transport
News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.
Embraer IT specialists have isolated certain systems to protect the overall computer network after a cyberattack.
Flights between Miami and South America conducted by American Airlines’ cargo operation to simulate Covid vaccine transport began in mid-November.
The Worldwide Slot Board says air transport cannot recover from the Covid-19 pandemic without changes to "use-them-or-loose-them" slot allocation rules.
Brazil's ANAC aviation authority is adopting FAA's airworthiness directive to allow the Boeing 737 Max airline to resume operations.
The association says the tests must replace quarantines and that slot allocation waivers must be extended to allow for a slow air transport recovery.
JetBlue Airways is the first carrier to purchase carbon offset credits through IATA's new trading platform.
EASA expects the Boeing 737 Max to be able to return to flight in Europe in mid-January.
Former IAG boss Willie Walsh will succeed IATA DG Alexandre de Juniac to steer the industry through the Covid crisis with renewed focus on the environment.
IATA says governments must urgently lift quarantine restrictions based on a harmonized approach to Covid testing because airlines can't wait for vaccines.
The Covid pandemic makes for a “pretty casual decision” on the timing of Southwest Airlines’ resumption of 737 Max 8 operations.
