Bloomberg Thousands of federal engineers, inspectors and other aviation workers have a new channel through which to report safety concerns without fear of retaliation in an action spurred by the two fatal crashes on the Boeing Co 737 Max. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unveiled what it calls the Voluntary Safety Reporting Program. The 7,400 people working at FAA’s …

Bloomberg The series of flight cancellations from American Airlines over the weekend will continue to plague travellers. Almost 100 flights from the airline have already been cancelled for June 21, according to a representative from American Airlines Group Inc. That’s following 123 flights cancelled on June 19 and at least 178. “The first few weeks of June have brought unprecedented …

Bloomberg The recovery in Europe’s air traffic hit a new milestone as people take to the skies again for summer vacations. Aside from a brief pickup around Christmas, the continent’s air traffic is at its highest compared with pre-Covid levels since March last year, when continent’s lockdowns really began to affect demand. It rose just above 50% of 2019 levels …