The Indian Government has agreed to cap aviation turbine fuel sales tax at 4% in order to encourage services to remote areas of the country. The tax currently varies between states from zero to 36%, limiting commuter and air taxi operations. A bill imposing the tax cap will now go before parliament.
Source: Flight International
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.
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.
A global technology outage appears to have caused several major US airlines to ground departing aircraft, in addition to creating problems at airports and airlines worldwide that threatens to snarl air traffic.
