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The European Commission has adopted the sixteenth update of the list of airlines banned in the European Union. All air carriers certified in Afghanistan and Mauritania Airways are banned. One air carrier certified in Kyrgyzstan and one in Gabon are also added to the list whilst nine Kazakh operators were removed from the list and operating restrictions modified for one Ghanaian operator. The European Aviation Safety Agency was mandated to perform technical assistance missions.

The European Commission has added all Afghan airlines to its blacklist of carriers that are banned from European airspace.

Tel Aviv, Israel – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on Israel to use global standards to shore-up its air transport sector. Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO made the call in a meeting with Israeli Transport Minister Israel Katz, with specific comments on safety, security and infrastructure.

Eleven airlines have been hit with fines totalling almost €800 million ($1.1 billion) following the European Commission's investigation into anti-competitive behaviour in the air freight market.

The US FAA on 9 November will issue final airworthiness directives that require operators of 380 US-registered Bombardier CRJ700 and CRJ900 regional jets and 44 Airbus A330 aircraft to inspect for and possibly replace defective angle-of-attack sensors or components.

ICAO has secured agreement from its member states on a roadmap to globally address the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation industry.

ICAO leadership plans to take a practical approach during its triennial Assembly beginning on 28 September to achieve a highly-anticipated framework for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation industry.

The U.S. House and Senate today passed another three-month extension of FAA’s operating authority, meaning there will not be a full FAA reauthorization bill until December at the earliest.

IATA insists that ICAO's upcoming 37th Assembly must adopt a global framework for reducing emissions from aviation which can then be endorsed by the United Nations this year if the industry is to meet targets.

Investigators are recommending that European and US regulators consider extending tyre overpressure specifications retrospectively following a tyre-burst on a Bombardier CRJ200 which badly injured a technician.

Qantas and other carriers will now have no choice but to pay millions in retroactive commissions to travel agents after an Australian court denied a Qantas appeal of an earlier ruling in the agents’ favor.

Calling a record-breaking, $24.2-million fine “unwarranted,” American Airlines plans to appeal a proposed civil penalty for alleged maintenance lapses on its MD-80 fleet in 2008, just proposed by FAA today.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian airlines have gained the right to fly their own planes to the United States after an improvement in the West African nation's aviation safety standards, Nigerian and U.S. officials said.

The UK High Court is refusing to hear any more cases from passengers seeking compensation from airlines for delayed flights, and has referred the issue of passenger rights back to the European Court of Justice.