IFALPA Daily News – 16 December 2013‏

Dear Colleagues,
The IFALPA Daily News is now available online.
Here are today’s top headlines. To read more, click on the title:
EU Air Safety officials losing patience with Libya

The EU Air Safety Committee appears to be losing patience with the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority

(LYCAA) which has imposed a voluntary ban on Libyan carriers flying to the EU while it reorganises its

local certification processes.

Safety agencies in vacation mode leave air travellers at risk

Air travellers in India will do well to say a little prayer before taking a flight in the New Year.

Etna’s volcanic ash cloud forces flights shutdown

An ash cloud from Mount Etna’s latest spectacular eruption has forced the closure of Catania’s

airport in eastern Sicily.

Venezuela searches Air France flight after bomb warning

Venezuelan authorities took passengers off an Air France flight that was due to depart to Paris on

Saturday after French officials warned of a possible bomb threat, Venezuela’s interior minister said.

At Ipoh airport, blame games over sinkholes on runway

The sinkhole controversy at the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport has mired into a blame game between

the airport management and the state Minerals and Geoscience Department.

EU strengthens cooperation with Israel in aviation

EU Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas, signed the Blue-Med Functional Airspace Block (FAB)

agreement with Israel’s Minister in charge of transport and road safety, Israel Katz.

 
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