Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair said it will appeal a French court’s decision to impose fines and damages totaling €8 million ($10.8 million) for alleged nonpayment of French social security and state pension contributions.
International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh has described the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) final proposals for price regulation at Heathrow as “a bad day for our customers.”
European flights increased by 0.4% in August compared to the same month the previous year, according to figures released by the Eurocontrol Statistics and Forecast Service (STATFOR).
A trial of environmentally optimized transatlantic flights conducted this summer as part of the Topflight project, which was led by UK air navigation services provider NATS, has demonstrated better-than-expected results.
Airways New Zealand is expanding its multilateration surveillance network (MLAT) across the country’s South Island by installing nine MLAT sites in remote mountainous regions throughout Otago and Southland.
The Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination (ATCEUC) has called an Action Day Oct. 10 to protest the European Commission’s SES2+ package aimed at speeding implementation of the Single European Sky.
Danish turboprop lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has added 15 firm ATR 72-600s and 25 options to its ATR order book, building on the deal for 35 firm orders and 55 options that was announced at this year’s Paris Air Show.
Belavia Belarusian Airlines has ordered two E-195 regional jets, it was announced Oct. 3 at the European Regions Airline Association annual meeting in Salzburg, Austria.
Japan Airlines (JAL) said it will “formally seek … a rational explanation and … correction” of slot allocations at Tokyo Haneda Airport announced by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is proposing to curtail any above-inflation charges increases at London Heathrow Airport over the next five years, by capping prices in line with the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published final proposals for charges regulation at London Gatwick Airport that would limit price increases to 0.5% above inflation, as measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI), for each of the next seven years.
