Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Dec 13, 2019
Lockheed tests ground-launched long-range missile; Japan to keep making F-35s; Space Fence nears start of ops; NATO training center opens
Dec 12, 2019
FAA administrator Steve Dickson suggested Boeing improve the “quality and timeliness” of information it is providing the agency to support getting the 737 MAX back into service, part of a larger message that Boeing’s efforts should focus on meeting regulatory demands, not influencing the process.
Dec 12, 2019
Delta Air Lines pilots are urging the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to place conditions on the carrier’s proposed transborder joint venture (JV) with Calgary-based WestJet, expressing concerns about how Delta has divided flying opportunities under its immunized alliance with Virgin Atlantic.
Dec 12, 2019
Southwest Airlines will share $125 million with employees as part of a deal struck with Boeing that covers part of what the airline is losing because of the 737 MAX groundings, the carrier said Dec. 12.
Dec 12, 2019
Budapest-based LCC Wizz Air unveiled plans Thursday to create a new Abu Dhabi-based airline in partnership with Abu Dhabi development holding company PJSC.
Aug 22, 2024
An Indian travel company is making progress on its plans to launch an airline, initially serving domestic routes with turboprop aircraft.
Aug 21, 2024
Yoan Marier has officially assumed the role of Transportation Safety Board of Canada chair, replacing Kathy Fox, who retired after a decade in the position.
Aug 20, 2024
The Boeing 777-9 with the severed thrust link component has the fewest hours and cycles but was the most active since formal FAA testing began five weeks ago.
Aug 20, 2024
IAI is seeking an STC from the FAA that will kick-start work on P2F conversions of Boeing 777-300s at four sites in South Korea, the UAE and the U.S.
Aug 20, 2024
Alaska Airlines’ planned $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines has cleared a key regulatory hurdle.
Aug 20, 2024
Boeing is halting 777-9 certification flight tests following the failure of a thrust link mounting component on one of the GE9X engines powering a test aircraft
Aug 19, 2024
The FAA is proposing the second revamp of its International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program in two years.
Aug 19, 2024
Gambian company Magic Air has ferried its four Airbus airliners into Belarus, a country subject to Western sanctions that bar the import of aircraft or parts.