Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Oct 21, 2019
Turkmenistan Airlines has been granted permission to resume services to and from the European Union (EU), following an eight-month ban.
Oct 21, 2019
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark urged regulators to reach a consensus on the Boeing 737 MAX’s return to service to avoid confusing the traveling public with piecemeal approvals across different jurisdictions.
Oct 21, 2019
Boeing is countering accusations that it hid key information about development of the 737 maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) from regulators, insisting that it kept officials in the loop as the design changed, and regulators were briefed on its final configuration “multiple” times.
Oct 19, 2019
With the stroke of his pen, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian cemented his company’s reputation as both industry transformer and a ruthless pursuer to be the world’s biggest and most influential airline.
Oct 18, 2019
FAA administrator Steve Dickson is seeking answers from Boeing related to an instant message exchange between two Boeing employees that suggests the company may have misled regulators about the safety of the 737 MAX’s flight-control system.
Mar 22, 2023
Speaking in Singapore, a CAAC representative said safety data remains fragmented and isolated because of data ownership and protection issues.
Mar 21, 2023
Lessors based in the European Union, the UK or the U.S. are directly affected by Western sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
Mar 21, 2023
Flight Safety Foundation CEO Hassan Shahidi says some of the lessons learned in North America and Europe could be applied in Asia-Pacific.
Mar 21, 2023
The investigation into the China Eastern Flight MU5735 crash in China’s Guangxi province on March 21, 2022, continues.
Mar 17, 2023
A European Union court has denied an American Airlines appeal to cancel Delta Air Lines slots for London Heathrow service to Philadelphia.
Mar 17, 2023
A push to collect more data to help mitigate safety risks has helped justify a pending FAA proposal to mandate cockpit voice recorders with 25-hr. durations.
Mar 16, 2023
Indra has started to deploy its remote air traffic control (ATC) tower at Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD).
Mar 15, 2023
Industry will spend the next several months attempting to find out and, ideally, develop short-term risk-mitigation strategies.