Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Jul 27, 2017
The Ethiopian government will establish an Aviation Holding Group to oversee the country’s aviation-related interests.
Jul 26, 2017
A proposal by US House Republicans to privatize the US air traffic control (ATC) system appears to be mostly constitutional, although there could be causes for legal challenges, according to a new report from nonpartisan congressional researchers.
Jul 26, 2017
German aviation authority DFS has launched a new app that shows hobby pilots of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) where they can fly their drones at any time and location in Germany.
Jul 25, 2017
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) and UK CAA are tightening their unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) rules, just as research was released on the potential collision damage to commercial aircraft.
Jul 25, 2017
Boeing's 20-year forecast (2017-2036) for commercial airline operational personnel hiring: pilots, maintenance technicians and cabin crew.
Jul 25, 2017
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), working with US intelligence experts, built a large personal electronic device (PED) laden with explosives and tested it “on a real airplane, on the ground [and] pressurized,” US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary John Kelly said last week at a security forum event in Aspen, Colorado.
Jul 24, 2017
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) fined American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Frontier Airlines July 21 for violations of DOT consumer protection rules that occurred between 2014 and 2015.
Jul 24, 2017
The US government’s new security rules for all international flights bound for the US came into effect last week. I experienced them first hand at Auckland airport and, if that experience proves typical, this is a win for safety and for common sense.