US Wouldn't Allow Another Norwegian

The low-cost carrier Norwegian Air International might not have won approval to serve the U.S. under legislation a House panel approved Tuesday.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee agreed by voice vote to add a provision dealing with foreign airlines to a bill governing the Federal Aviation Administration.

Air India Govt Stake for Sale.

India's Cabinet has approved a plan to sell a stake in the debt-ridden national airline, Air India.

The finance ministry said Wednesday that the government has agreed in principle to sell part of its holding in the airline, which has struggled to become profitable as competition from a number of low-cost airlines has grown.

It said in a statement that a government committee will be formed to work out the details of the sale, including the size of the stake the government will offload.

The committee will decide how to deal with Air India's massive 520 billion rupee ($8 billion) debt.

US Tighten Airline Security Measures

If you're heading for the USA by air soon, you'll be in for major disruption and delay as the Department of Homeland Security have announced new procedures relating to laptops and other electronic items larger than cellphones. 

The tougher standards apply to 180 domestic and foreign airlines that fly direct to the U.S. from 280 airports from 105 countries. The new rules will affect about 2,000 daily flights carrying 325,000 passengers.

Intelligence about terrorists developing ways to hide bombs and infiltrate airport staffing prompted the tougher security measures, according to   two senior DHS officials who spoke on background during a conference call for reporters on Wednesday.

SkyTrax Airline of The Year - Qatar Airways

During a glitzy awards ceremony Tuesday at the Paris Air Show, Qatar Airways was named "Airline of the Year," by the international air transport ratings group, Skytrax.

The award comes as the Doha-based airline struggles to deal with an attempt by Qatar's neighbors to isolate the country.

BA Keep Passengers in the Dark Over Strike Plans

With a 16-day cabin-crew strike due to start in just over two days, British Airways refuses to make any public announcement about its contingency plans for 10 day strike by cabin crew at Heathrow.

Cabin Crew working for British Airways 'Mixed Fleet' operation are walking out for the latest and longest work stoppage since their pay dispute began. The members of the Unite union will strike from 1 to 16 July.

ANA's Budget Airline Forces Disabled Man to Crawl On-Board

Vanilla Air,  the budget off-shoot of ANA forced a disabled man to forego his wheelchair and crawl up the stairs to board one of its aircraft.

The horrendous incident took place on 5th June, as Hideto Kijima was preparing to return to Osaka from a trip to Amami Oshima island.  He had spent his holidays on the southern Japanese island, having a fantastic time, documenting his holiday in a Facebook post. He had stayed in a fully accessible villa and even gone swimming with sea turtles, he wrote. 

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Loganair Ending Franchise Ties

Loganair to end it's franchise partnership with Flybe and will fly under its own name again.

The Scottish based airline will once again fly under its own new branding of a livery of black, white and red tartan.  The airline operates over 1,000 flights a week on 46 routes, connecting airports in Scotland as well as flying to some destinations further away, including London, Manchester, Norwich, Dublin, and the Norwegian city of Bergen.

Loganair is big in Scotland, they have almost 300 flights each week to and from Glasgow, over 100 flights a week at Aberdeen, as well as a vast and impressive operation throughout the Scottish Highlands & Islands including Inverness, Sumburgh, Kirkwall, Stornoway and Benbecula.

One of the airlines most famous and unusual services include landing on the beach at Barra as well as the world’s shortest scheduled flight, linking the Orkney islands of Westray and Papa Westray.  The trip takes just over two minutes.

United Airlines Attacking Passengers Again?

More trouble for United Airlines are it emerged that a United Airlines supervisor attempted to wrestle a fragile 17th century violin from a classical musician after the airline said the priceless instrument must be checked as hold luggage. 

This is the account of Yennifer Correia, who was en route to St Louis from Houston to play in the summer season at the Missouri Symphony Orchestra when the incident took place.

At the check-in desk Ms Correia was told her violin would have to be placed in the hold for the flight, but the musician said she would do anything to keep it with her in the cabin. In the US it is a legal requirement for airlines to accept musicians’ instruments as carry-on luggage.

At this point, the violinist asked to speak to a supervisor, who told her there were “no options”, according to Ms Correia’s lawyer, Philip MacNaughton, who said this is when the United staff member became “belligerent”.

Tui and Etihad call off plans for new airline

Tui, the world’s largest tour operator, has canned plans to merge its budget German air carrier Tuifly with part of Etihad Airways-backed rival Air Berlin.

The deal, which would have seen the creation of a new airline capable of carrying 15m passengers a year on a fleet of around 60 aircraft, was called off because the Air Berlin-controlled Austrian carrier Niki “is no longer available for a joint venture”, Tui said in a statement.

Tui is still in the market for a deal with another carrier, its executive board member Sebastian Ebel said on Thursday:

Read full story on FT.com

Flybe's Troubled Year

The airline Flybe has revealed they've accumulated £20m in losses after embarking on ambitious expansion plans.

The regional airline said it would start to reduce the size of its fleet after it saw slowing growth in consumer demand.

However, it insisted the current year was going well and efforts to turn a profit again were well underway.