The International Civil Aviation Organisation’s tough interim separation distances for the A380 could remain in place for another two years, despite Airbus’s earlier hopes that the limits would be relaxed by the end of 2007.
Following ICAO’s interim recommendations in October 2006 that the distance between the A380 and other aircraft should be greater than […]

Scandinavia’s SAS Group has received a European Commission statement of objections alleging infringements of competition law within the air cargo sector.
Last year the European Commission and US regulators opened a wide-ranging investigation into alleged cartel activity by several companies, including SAS Cargo, in the air freight industry.
SAS Group is deferring detailed comment until […]

European environment commissioner Stavros Dimas has welcomed the political agreement struck by EU ministers on aviation’s future inclusion in the emissions trading scheme.
EU ministers yesterday reached a political agreement on including aviation in the EU emissions trading scheme. Dimas says ministers’ position, based on a new text put forward by the Portuguese EU presidency, […]

US MILITARY EYES BETTER UNMANNED SYSTEMS ROADMAP The US Department of Defense’s latest 25-year roadmap for unmanned systems calls for better integration…

The airline insurance market looks set to make its first loss since 2000, with 2007 hull losses likely to outstrip premiums. An Aon insurance forecast based…