Total TSA Gun Catches for December 2014 (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints across the US).

Germany plans to introduce legislation requiring random testing for drugs and alcohol among the nation’s airline pilots in the aftermath of the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash in March, according to media reports Dec. 27.

A Christmas day Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia flew an incorrect flight path after the airline submitted the wrong flight plan to New Zealand ATM operations at Auckland Airport.

Articles and opinions from the January 2016 issue of Air Transport World

FAA and the US DOT deserve praise for relatively swift action to require buyers and owners of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to register their aircraft via an FAA website.

FAA and the US DOT deserve praise for relatively swift action to require buyers and owners of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to register their aircraft via an FAA website.

US House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Bill Shuster, who has vowed to spearhead passage of a “transformational” FAA reauthorization bill, wants to boldly reform US air traffic control (ATC).

The world’s airlines are set to post a collective record net profit of $33 billion for 2015 and are forecast to post another record net profit of $36.3 billion in 2016, according to IATA.