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The EU Regulation on Denied Boarding and Cancellation continues to apply in the exceptional and extended disruption created by the volcanic ash cloud. The Regulation entitles passengers to care and assistance including the right to:reimbursement within ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimated that the Icelandic volcano crisis cost airlines more than $1.7 billion in lost revenue through Tuesday—six days after the initial eruption. For a three-day period (17-19 April), when disrupt...
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The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) met yesterday to review the current situation and welcomed the decision by the Ministers of Transport of the European Union (EU) to gradually reopen the European airspace, in a safe and...
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The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has embarked upon a restructuring and revitalisation strategy revolving around three ‘R’s, namely, relevance, reputation and revenue. At a meeting just concluded in Nairobi, Kenya, the Executive Committee of ...
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European airports have reopened for business, almost a week after a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano paralysed the air travel industry.
About 80% of European flights were expected to operate on Wednesday.
But delays are expected, as airlines ...
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The International Airways Volcano Watch (IAVW) system, established by ICAO in coordination with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), proved effective in ensuring the safety of air transport following the eruption of the volcano Eyjafjalla in Ice...
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The EUROCONTROL Central Flow Management Unit was advised yesterday afternoon of a volcanic ash cloud moving from Iceland in a easterly direction towards north western European countries.In accordance with agreed international procedures the Central Flow...
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Church services are being held across Poland to start a week of mourning for President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others, killed in a jet crash in Russia.Floral tributes and written condolences have been laid at churches in Warsaw, and a two-minute silence i...
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President Lech Kaczynski and scores of other senior Polish figures have been killed in a plane crash in Russia.Polish and Russian officials said no-one survived after the plane apparently hit trees as it approached Smolensk airport in thick fog.Russian ...
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A Qatari diplomat has been detained after an incident on a flight from Washington's Reagan airport to Denver.Two F-16 jets were scrambled to intercept the United Airlines plane and escort it to land safely at Denver airport, US officials said.Initial...
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British Airways and Spanish airline Iberia have signed a deal to merge and create one of the world's biggest airline groups.The merger, which was provisionally agreed in November last year, is expected to be completed by the end of the year. In a statem...
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The European Regions Airline Association (ERA), which represents 65 intra-European airlines, has recorded a decrease in passenger demand of 4.2% for 2009.As almost 200 senior European air transport executives prepare to gather in Edinburgh next week for...
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The African Airlines Association (AFRAA), based in Nairobi, Kenya, has expressed concern about the European Union’s latest list of airlines banned from the European airspace due to safety concerns. Thirteen of the 17 countries affected by the EU ban a...
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South African Airways (SAA) announced today that it will no longer proceed with an agreement with Match, the official ticketing agency of FIFA, to provide seats on the airline’s aircraft for Match.The tickets, that were reserved for Match as part of t...
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On the second day of the High-level safety Conference, the more than 600 participants from some 150 ICAO Member States and industry unequivocally endorsed the twin concepts of transparency and sharing of safety-related information among States and with ...
