Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Jul 01, 2015
The European aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a Safety Information Bulletin (SIB) updating its earlier one (published in August 2014) on flight in airspace contaminated with volcanic ash.
Jul 01, 2015
Sabre Corp. has completed the acquisition of Abacus International, the leading global distribution system (GDS) in the Asia-Pacific region.
Jul 01, 2015
Virgin Atlantic is to cut 500 jobs as it works to improve its financial position.
Jul 01, 2015
London’s Heathrow airport should be the site for the much-needed extra runway capacity in London and South East England, according to an official report.
Jul 01, 2015
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made headlines in June when a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general’s report revealed weaknesses at US airports’ passenger screening checkpoints.
Jul 01, 2015
A failure to reach an accord on an international standard for aircraft emissions by the February 2016 deadline is now even more likely to lead to the regulatory mess airlines have long feared—governments around the world imposing a patchwork quilt of unilateral rules.
Jul 01, 2015
Russia’s Ministry of Transport has announced proposed changes to the Air Code that would allow local airlines to overbook flights.
Jun 30, 2015
United Airlines has invested $30 million for a stake in renewable fuels producer Fulcrum BioEnergy in a deal that could see the carrier buy 90 million gallons a year of jet fuel made from municipal waste.