Vietnamese aviation to fully recover by year-end
The Vietnamese aviation sector is expected to fully recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic by the end of 2023, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of VietNam (CAAV).…
Passenger demand recovery 68.5% of pre-pandemic levels in 2022: IATA
The latest industry update published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has indicated that traffic in 2022 was 68.5% of pre-pandemic levels. Total traffic in 2022, measured in Revenue…
DOT Secretary Buttigieg wants more resources for FAA computer systems
After the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) computer systems experienced an outage, causing a system-wide stoppage in the United States (US), lawmakers are looking to gain…
U.S. Congress to investigate FAA computer outage that snarled flights
U.S. lawmakers will review the cause of a Federal Aviation Administration computer system outage overnight on Tuesday that sparked a nationwide ground stop and delayed or canceled more than 10,000…
Cocaine Cargo: Pivot Airlines Drug Bust Investigation
Earlier this year, this year a Canadian airline crew was detained in the Dominican Republic, after they reported $25 million in cocaine hidden in the maintenance bay of their aircraft.…
Twitter suspends account tracking Elon Musk’s jet
Twitter Inc suspended an account tracking its owner Elon Musk’s private jet in real-time, with the billionaire threatening legal action against the account’s operator after saying his son had been…
Russian October airline traffic down 25% under sanctions
Passenger numbers on Russian airlines were 25% lower in October 2022 compared with a year earlier, the Rosstat state statistics service said on Wednesday, as the industry continues to be…
Aviation firefighters to strike at 27 Australian airports
Thousands of aviation firefighters are planning to take strike action across airports in Australia to protest staff shortages. The four-hour walkout is scheduled to take place on December 9, 2022…
Lufthansa resumes flights to Tehran: Iran’s civil aviation agency
German flag carrier Lufthansa has resumed flights to Iran two days after a man’s body was found in the landing gear bay of an Airbus A340 on a flight from…
FAA says Mexico on track to recover Category 1 aviation rating, but denies approving plan
Mexico is making progress towards recovering its Category 1 aviation rating, but the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not yet approved its plan as claimed earlier by the Mexican…