Star Alliance operator US Airways is pushing ahead with plans to acquire Airbus A340 aircraft (see cutaway) after receiving final authority to inaugurate service in 2009 from its international hub in Philadelphia to Beijing. Tentative rights awarded by the DOT in September to US Airways were formalized last week.
The regulator also cleared American […]

David McMillan is the new director general of Eurocontrol, the European organisation for the safety of air navigation, following the passing of the baton from Victor Aguado, who stepped down on 31 December having been in the job since January 2001.
Formerly the UK’s director general of Civil Aviation, a post he held from April […]

Lufthansa is to open a new all-premium Boeing Business Jet service between Munich and Dubai in May in partnership with Swiss-based business aircraft operator…

Global figures for commercial aviation crashes in 2007 show an all-time low of 23 fatal accidents, and even the number of fatal casualties, at 597, was well…

Australian civil aviation authorities are investigating two separate aircraft component failure incidents involving local carrier OzJet.
The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government says in a statement that the Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the two incidents and preliminary reports are to be issued in 30 days.
The first occurred on […]