Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Sep 30, 2016
Earlier in September, I wrote two blog commentaries about Delta Air Lines’ complaint against JetBlue Airways being awarded a pair of US federal employee travel routes. Delta wrote to the US General Service Administration (GSA) - which manages government operations, including travel for federal employees – complaining about route awards granted to New York-based JetBlue.
Sep 29, 2016
Back on to one of my favorite subjects – flight safety videos – and I want to share these two with you, one by Air China and the other by American Airlines.
Sep 29, 2016
Denver-based Frontier Airlines pilots have requested federal mediation in their negotiations with management, in a quest for what the union says is “industry-standard” terms for its members.
Sep 29, 2016
Flight operations from Dubai International Airport were disrupted for nearly an hour Sept. 28 because of unauthorized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, activity.
Sep 28, 2016
The US-based Flight Safety Foundation said investigators’ conclusion about the missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 may make this the rare airline crash that calls for a criminal prosecution.
Sep 28, 2016
Was it an error? Was it intentional? Who was in charge? Who issued the instructions? Those are the key questions, raised by the international team that investigated the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777. Those questions must now be answered and those responsible rounded up.
Sep 28, 2016
The missile that brought down a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200, killing all 298 people onboard, was brought in from Russia and fired from a field controlled by pro-Russian rebels, the official investigation team announced Wednesday.
Sep 28, 2016
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments at the 39th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to agree a global market-based measure to help the aviation industry manage its carbon footprint.