Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Jan 12, 2015
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-400 freighter, operating for Togolese carrier ASKY, skidded off the runway at Accra in Ghana on Saturday, causing substantial damage to the aircraft.
Jan 12, 2015
Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific is due to argue its case this week regarding its application to start flights to Italy, while the airline is also waiting to hear what penalties may be imposed for a rash of delays over the Christmas period.
Jan 12, 2015
Flight attendants at Silver Airways will join the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), a move that may increase costs at the Florida-based company as it transitions to a new business model.
Jan 09, 2015
The Indonesian military is endeavoring to lift the tail section of the crashed Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320-200 out of the Java Sea, and search and rescue officials are hopeful of finding the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR).
Jan 09, 2015
The new president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has urged members of the European Parliament to vote in favor of sharing airline passenger data between nations, in the wake of this week’s terrorist incidents in Paris.
Jan 09, 2015
FAA is proposing new rules for three New York-area airports that would increase slot utilization at the slot-constrained facilities and create a more transparent mechanism for transferring slots.
Jan 09, 2015
The Russian Interstate Aviation Committee has granted approval for Airbus to operate the A320 family aircraft in extreme cold weather conditions—down to minus 54° Celsius (-65.2°F).
Jan 09, 2015
Global air passenger traffic demand grew 6% in November, driven substantially by surging 6.9% year-over-year domestic travel growth, particularly in China (up 15.4% year-over-year) and India (up 14.2% YOY), according to IATA’s November Air Passenger Market Analysis Report.