Britain’s largest pilots’ union is so concerned by a recent spate of incidents it has issued an emergency bulletin to members advising them how to avoid being blinded and losing control of their planes. [Read more]

Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are preparing to issue rules requiring airlines to provide upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) for pilots, according to US Federal Aviation Administration and European Aviation Safety Agency speakers at the Royal Aeronautical Society’s UPRT conference in London. [Read more]

Singapore has been re-elected into the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), at the 38th Session of the ICAO Assembly in Montréal, Canada, on September 28. [Read more]

Last Thursday, the European Commission stated aircraft operators have returned 102,994,338 aviation allowances following the 'stop-the-clock' decision. [Read more]

The Central Information Commission has directed the Civil Aviation Ministry to disclose reasons for allotting international routes to Indian operators. [Read more]

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Poland’s LOT airline was forced make an unexpected landing in Iceland on Sunday due to a glitch in the plane’s identification system, a day after Norwegian Air Shuttle grounded one of its new Dreamliners and demanded that Boeing repair the plane after it experienced multiple breakdowns. [Read more]

Kenya Airways has made changes on its flight operations to Far East Asia as it optimizes its services to the region, which is a key economic partner for Africa. [Read more] 

India refuses to accept a scheme under which airlines will be taxed only for the distance they travel inside EU. [Read more]

Garuda Indonesia, the national flag carrier of Indonesia, has received a delivery of the first of its new fleet of 18 A330-300s at a special ceremony in Toulouse. [Read more]

A United Airlines flight bound for Seattle with 165 people on board made an emergency landing at Boise Airport on Thursday evening after the pilot suffered a heart attack, an airport spokeswoman said. [Read more]