Global Aviation News

During the February L2b member meeting, representatives shared their opinions regarding the aviation industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Although pandemic protective measures slowed in 2022, the aftershocks on the airline industry may not be felt for some time. The member roundtable did not discuss the effects in depth. Still, members shared timely and localized information that shed light on the current outcomes of airline operations post-pandemic. 

Update provided by Kerwin Tan of Tan Hassani and Counsels: The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines recently released a 357-page updated Guidance Material for Single Pilot Operations under the Philippine Civil Aviation Regulations. This Guidance Material affects all approved training organizations (aka flying schools). To implement this Guidance Material, CAAP will provide flying schools […]

Update provided by Hayden Davies with Webber Wentzel: Airlines are experiencing high levels of limited capacity for domestic flights due to COVID-related failures, resulting in higher fares. Hopefully, this will even out by next year.  

Update provided by Keith O. Major, Jr. with Higgs & Johnson: The Bahamas government is developing nine airports throughout the Archipelago in a public-private partnership. They have issued requests for proposals for international partners for the development where The Bahamas will own the land, and the partners will operate and manage the airport operations.  

Update provided by Ramesh Vaidyanathan with Advaya Legal:   Operations are increasing, and consolidation is occurring, resulting in lower fares and better connectivity for passengers. The new airline Akasa Air started operations, the privatization of Air India is continuing to take shape, and Air India and Vistara are merging.  A new regulatory change allows wide-bodied aircraft […]

Update provided by Matthew Xerri with Ganado Advocates: Wizz Air is a new airline in Malta. They will register over 100 aircraft. There has also been movement with registering other operators in Malta, such as Eurowings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa.  

Overtime Pay of Airport Personnel is not Chargeable to Private Airlines and Private Entities, ruled the high court in the Philippines. In the case of Bureau of Customs Employees Association vs. Hon. Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon (in his capacity as Commissioner, Bureau of Customs) et. al. (2022), two issues were put before the Court. First, […]

Updated provided by Haydn Davies with Webber Wentzel: Ground handling licenses have been reduced from three to two at the primary state-owned South African airports because of reduced air traffic. However, Swissport will be in court on Monday or Tuesday to litigate this, saying the tender was not properly adjudicated. This will be some of […]

Update provided by Gonzalo Yelpo with Yelpo & Facal: The jurisdictional update concerns the handling of cargo claims. The issue arose when an insurance company was making a claim on behalf of its client. In the legend, with the declared value of the cargo, there was a statement that said “Max Free”. The claimant was […]

Update provided by Andrea Villa with Harper Meyer: Foreign-operated aircraft are required to have Letters of Authorization (LOA) to fly overseas. LOAs allow aircraft to conduct different operations, such as flying in RVSM airspace, doing certain approaches, working with the minimum equipment list, etc. The FAA’s backlog of work severely impacts obtaining letters of authorization […]