A passenger plane crashed on Tuesday night in the Russian Krasnoyarsk region, killing seven people, Russian Emergency Service Chief Irina Andianova said, Interfax reported.
Southwest Airlines Co. on Wednesday reported a 2.1 percentage points increase in load factor for the month of August, with a 6.4% rise in traffic compared to the same month last year.
The US Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday announced that it had downgraded the safety ratings of the Caribbean island nations of CuraƧao and Saint Maarten from Category 1 to Category 2.