Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Apr 09, 2014
Russia’s State Duma has passed air code amendments allowing carriers to hire non-Russian pilots and sell nonrefundable tickets.
Apr 09, 2014
Etihad Airways has opened a unique aviation-themed nursery in Abu Dhabi, as part of the airline's commitment to provide world-class support services for its employees.
Apr 08, 2014
Lufthansa and subsidiary Austrian Airlines have stopped flights to Libya indefinitely due to security concerns after a bomb exploded in March at Tripoli International Airport, damaging the main runway.
Apr 08, 2014
Worldwide passenger traffic grew 5.4% year-over-year in February, down 2.8 points from January’s 8.2% growth, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market Analysis.
Apr 07, 2014
Malaysian authorities said Monday that investigators are working to verify that signals detected over the weekend by Chinese patrol ship Haixun 01 and Australia’s HMS Ocean Shield could be from the flight recorders of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 in the southern Indian Ocean waters.
Apr 07, 2014
The European Commission has released further detail about non-European Union (EU) investments in European airlines that it is examining to see if they comply with the region’s ownership and control rules.
Apr 05, 2014
A Chinese patrol ship, searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 in the southern Indian Ocean waters, has detected what it called “a pulse signal” after it deployed a flight recorder—also known as a black box—detector, Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday morning.
Apr 04, 2014
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has advised airlines to avoid the Crimea peninsula as confusion arises over who has control over air traffic control services in the disputed region.