IFALPA Daily News – 27 February 2014‏

Dear Colleagues,
The IFALPA Daily News is now available online.
Here are today’s top headlines. To read more, click on the title:
Commission welcomes European Parliament’s vote for improved aviation safety

The European Parliament adopted yesterday new rules to help prevent aircraft accidents.

Pilots are now in demand

According to predictions for growth in the Asia Pacific aviation industry, chances toward growth

are impressive, thus leading to need for more pilots.

Objections to pilot fee rise rejected

A parliamentary select committee has rejected complaints that pilots are being charged too much

by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Indonesia’s Batik Air to launch international service

An airline owned by Indonesia’s Lion Group announced on Thursday it will launch international

services with a flight from Jakarta to Singapore later this year.

Man sits pilot licence exam for friend

A man who wanted to get a commercial pilot licence was not sure he would pass the required

exam, so he got his friend to write the exam for him, using forged documents.

DGCA begins examination of AirAsia India’s application for flying permit

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has begun examining start-up carrier AirAsia India’s

application for a flying permit after rejecting the objections it received from various quarters.

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