Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Jun 20, 2014
The search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 is expected to move south, Australian officials have said.
Jun 20, 2014
Virgin Atlantic has revealed plans for a wider roll out of Google Glass following its London Heathrow Airport trial, but its partner SITA remains unconvinced after a further road test with Copenhagen Airport.
Jun 20, 2014
Airlines are heavily investing in IT solutions to manage flight disruptions, according to the results of SITA’s 2014 Airline IT Trends Survey.
Jun 20, 2014
Finnair has reached a partial agreement with the Finnish Air Line Pilots Association (SLL) which will shave €2 million ($2.7 million) from its cost base.
Jun 20, 2014
FAA has announced Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site—the fourth of six—is now operational.
Jun 19, 2014
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has made a series of recommendations to test lithium metal batteries more strenuously during certification following a fire onboard a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 at London Heathrow Airport.
Jun 19, 2014
Following concerns raised by a group of airlines at the IATA AGM in Doha, air transport communications and IT specialist SITA has launched a governance review and named a new chairman.
Jun 19, 2014
The ASTM International Committee on Petroleum Products and Lubricants, which develops standards related to oil products, has approved a third pathway to produce alternative jet fuel for use by commercial airlines.