The nearly 850,000 certificated pilots and flight instructors in the USA will have four to five years to replace their plastic certificates with eight-year duration photo identification cards

The aviation industry should focus research and development programmes on liquid hydrogen rather than third-generation biofuels in the quest to reduce carbon…

Star Alliance member Lufthansa has re-launched in-flight high-speed Internet on long-haul routes, in a move that will set the standard for airborne communications…

More connections … Iceland Express launches new routes

Iceland Express will strengthen its schedule in 2011, adding Edinburgh, Belfast and Dublin to its route network, and offering connections to New York, Chicago and Boston to travellers in those areas.
Matthias Imsland, chief executive of Iceland Express, told the Belfast Telegraph that passenger numbers are growing on the […]

International Airlines Group … the new, merged airline

Shareholders of British Airways yesterday agreed a £5 billion merger with Spanish airline Iberia.
At extraordinary general meetings in London and Madrid, shareholders approved the creation of a new carrier. International Airlines Group will have a fleet of 400 aircraft, employ about 57,000 staff and fly to more than […]