Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
Lufthansa Cargo has achieved comprehensive IATA CEIV Pharma certifications, aligning its pharmaceutical handling with IATA’s quality and cold-chain requirements. The certification underscores the carrier’s push to provide validated end-to-end processes for temperature-sensitive medical shipments.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: In a lengthy 80-page ruling, a Canadian employment tribunal has ruled that flight attendants are not permitted to consume cannabis, whether on or off duty, after a union argued that a ban on crew members smoking marijuana was unfair.
The Independent
• Alex Croft
By The Independent: Red arrows flyover marks 80th anniversary of VJ Day The Red Arrows will operate with seven aircraft for most displays until 2030, a reduction from their usual nine.
Reuters
• Dan Catchpole
By Reuters: Boeing was found not guilty of hiding safety problems with 737 MAX jets sold to LOT Polish Airlines.
Aviation24
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Flight attendants at Air Canada have put the airline on blast over allegations that it is illegally expanding its cheaper leisure subsidiary, Air Canada Rouge, by increasing its fleet size beyond a strict 50-aircraft cap.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
By FlightGlobal: An FAA proposed order comes after P&W issued service bulletins to address the concern. The Federal Aviation Administration has responded to a sensor durability problem that has caused multiple incidents of Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PW4000 turbofans suffering tailpipe fires and in-flight shutdowns.
Aeronews
• Teodor Stefan
By Aeronews: On May 21st, American Airlines launched 4 new routes to unlock even more access between the U.S. and Europe with new non-stop service to Budapest, Hungary (BUD) and Prague (PRG) from Philadelphia (PHL), and to Athens, Greece (ATH), and Zurich (ZRH) from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW).
Airline Geeks
Dj's Aviation
Reuters
• Tim Hepher
By Reuters: A French appeals court found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter on Thursday over the Rio-Paris plane crash, but a 17-year legal battle over the country's worst aviation disaster is set to continue.
Vertical Mag
• MD Helicopters Press Release
