Cliff Caldwell, Chair of the NetJets Flight Attendant Executive Council of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 284, provides information and assurances to NetJets International flight attendants regarding the impact of the upcoming merger of the NJA and NJI pilot groups. MORE

The House today approved a sweeping airline safety bill that aims to correct the problems brought to light by the Feb. 12 crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 in Clarence, which claimed 50 lives.

The Allied Pilots Union picketed outside the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as the American Airlines pilots pushed their opposition to a joint business venture among American Airlines, British Airways and others.

The Airline Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued a statement of support today on behalf of the Allied Pilots Association, certified collective bargaining agent for the 11,500 pilots of American Airlines.

Representatives of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division, Local Union 1108 and Flight Options, LLC, the Cleveland-based provider of luxury business jet fractional ownership and charter programs, have agreed to at least ten additional meetings in October as part of a joint effort to reach a first labor contract for pilots by the end of the month.

The Airline Division has sponsored several hundred meetings with Members of Congress and the Senate over the last nine months, resulting in part in the following initiatives.

EADS North America on Thursday formally opened a $6 million aircraft maintenance center at Mobile Regional Airport, saying the 30,000-square-foot facility marked a strategic expansion of its U.S. footprint.

About half of the old Northwest Airlines planes that will get Delta's colors have been repainted, and the rest will be finished by mid-2010, a Delta executive said on Thursday.

Teamsters Local 1224 today reminded the Federal Aviation Administration of the importance of reducing pilot fatigue to enhance safety. The FAA is reviewing recommendations for a new rule from an airline industry stakeholder group.

Frontier Airlines — the scrappy Denver carrier known for low fares and animals on its jet tails — entered a new era Thursday, officially emerging from Chapter 11, but it's no longer the independent airline it was when it filed for bankruptcy protection 18 months ago.