Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aug 25, 2016
The interaction between passengers and self-service technology has reached a point of maturity where it is no longer about introducing interactive technology.
Aug 25, 2016
The runway was last refurbished in 1999, and has a natural lifespan of around 12–17 years.
Aug 25, 2016
Cyprus’ civil-aviation regulator has conducted an audit of startup carrier Cobalt, following two incidents involving technical faults in the first few weeks of the airline’s operational life.
Aug 25, 2016
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its report into a smoke incident on a Qantas Airways Airbus A380 that was caused by a mobile phone lithium battery that became caught in and crushed by the aircraft seat mechanism.
Aug 25, 2016
Technology crashes force Delta and Southwest to cancel 4,000 combined flights, raising troubling questions
Aug 25, 2016
All 300 people onboard the Emirates Boeing 777 escaped with their lives when the aircraft crash-landed at Dubai Airport and burst into flames [see article, page 7]. Sadly a firefighter was killed tackling the blaze, but the scale of the tragedy could have been so much larger.
Aug 24, 2016
Christopher Hart argues that 'human pilots are still crucial'
Aug 24, 2016
The first draft of a performance-based packaging standard for lithium-ion batteries will not be ready by November and will likely slip into early 2017, an Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) committee member said Aug. 24.