Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Mar 17, 2017
South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines is getting ready to take delivery of its first of 22 Airbus A350-900s in April, and recently received an A350 simulator to begin flight crew training.
Mar 17, 2017
US President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal would shift the majority of TSA costs on to the airlines and traveling public. Why would a president so hung up on American security do that?
Mar 17, 2017
Responding to a reported tripling of recreational unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) incidents since 2014, Transport Canada issued new operational rules March 16, effective immediately.
Mar 16, 2017
Federal US District Court judges in two states issued rulings March 15-16 temporarily halting implementation of the new travel ban to the US ordered by US President Donald Trump on March 6.
Mar 16, 2017
The president is proposing a radical change in how aviation security is funded in the US.
Mar 16, 2017
US President Donald Trump is proposing to dramatically restructure both FAA and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), removing air traffic control (ATC) from FAA and shifting the majority of responsibility for funding aviation security to airline passengers by significantly raising the flight ticket security fee.
Mar 16, 2017
Finnair must cancel nearly a third of flights March 17 because of a further ground handling strike at Helsinki Airport.
Mar 16, 2017
US air traffic control would be taken out of FAA and placed under the management of an independent agency under President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget proposal.