The European Commission has come down hard on SAS and Maersk Air for illegal market-sharing practices on routes from Denmark. After a year-long investigation, the EC has fined SAS €39.4 million and Maersk €13.1 million for a secret deal that saw the carriers agreeing not to compete on each other's routes from Copenhagen and Billund. SAS said it "deeply regretted" the infringement, but is considering whether to appeal against the level of the fine.
Source: Airline Business
Investigators have determined that a Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-300 touched down short of the runway at Amsterdam, after the crew sought to mitigate a perceived risk of overrun and descended below the glideslope.
US airlines are working to get their operations back into gear after a global computer outage forced some carriers to halt all departures overnight.
American Airlines and United Airlines are resuming flights having been forced to temporarily halt operations as part of the wide-ranging global impact of an IT outage today.
