Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Dec 10, 2019
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced plans to buy an undisclosed quantity of used cooking oil-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Finnish company Neste, which will supply flights from Amsterdam Schiphol on a drop-in basis.
Dec 10, 2019
US non-profit standards organization RTCA announced on Dec. 9 that it has formed a committee of industry and government experts to develop requirements for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) to protect airports and other sites from rogue drones.
Dec 10, 2019
IATA Africa VP Raphael Kuuchi has told Routes Africa delegates that protectionism could curb Africa’s aviation growth potential by 56 million passengers over the next 20 years.
Dec 10, 2019
The European Commission has decided to closely monitor Armenia, following its latest European Union (EU) Air Safety List update, which also removed a blanket ban on Gabonese airlines.
Dec 10, 2019
Proposed updates to the Boeing 737 MAX master minimum equipment list (MMEL) reflect the increased redundancy that Boeing is adding to the model as part of mandatory flight control system logic updates and extends several of the changes to earlier 737 versions.
May 31, 2024
Rules and guidance from the U.S. DOT touch many areas of an airline’s operations, but new "airline passenger rights" strike some observers as overreach.
May 30, 2024
The FAA’s increased inspections, audits and production limit put in place at Boeing following January’s 737-9 door plug panel blowout will remain in place.
May 30, 2024
Attention is being called to hazards presented by known issues with Boeing 737-800 autothrottle servo motors.
May 30, 2024
After Air France allowed its employees to experiment with ChatGPT, the airline's staff are now pioneering generative AI applications across its operations.
May 29, 2024
Collins Aerospace is showing a concept demonstrator that it believes solves the issue while not impacting seat numbers.
May 29, 2024
Airbus is designing aircraft lavatory concepts aimed at meeting new rules proposed by the U.S. Transport Department.
May 29, 2024
Turkish Airlines has revealed its sleeping sets for long-haul flights.
May 29, 2024
The incident on Flight SQ321 between London and Singapore resulted in the death of a passenger and hospitalizations for many more with head and spinal injuries.