Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
May 30, 2025
Air Arabia and Al Maryah Community Bank (Mbank), the UAE’s first fully integrated digital bank, have partnered to enable the use of AE Coin payments for flight bookings through the AEC Wallet App.
May 29, 2025
Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) has signed an agreement with Mallaghan, Al-Futtaim Auto and Machinery Company (FAMCO) and Volvo to purchase 53 aircraft catering trucks, an investment of USD $16 million.
May 28, 2025
Aviation infrastructure specialist SITA is working on a fresher, more precise thunderstorm forecasting system for air traffic controllers.
May 23, 2025
The FAA’s fixes to air traffic control staffing and infrastructure issues at Newark International Airport will require short-term sacrifices by airlines.
May 22, 2025
Japan and South Korea are initiating a pilot program in which passengers from each country will be able to use fast-track lanes at immigration at some airports.
May 18, 2026
Asia-Pacific governments must pay close attention to airlines to ensure their survival is not threatened by soaring fuel costs caused by the Middle East crisis.
May 15, 2026
When a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 dove into the ground on March 21, 2022, there were suspicions about the cause almost from the start.
May 13, 2026
The FAA is fast-tracking a plan to equip all of its airport vehicles with transmitters that will make them more visible to airport surface safety systems.
May 13, 2026
The NTSB is urging the FAA to see that airlines incorporate realistic flight deck smoke scenarios into their pilot training.
May 13, 2026
L3Harris modernizes FAA telecom network, replacing outdated TDM technology with IP-based systems to support next-gen air traffic control by 2028.
May 11, 2026
Kuwait’s aviation sector is beginning to recover after months of disruption that saw Kuwait International Airport come under attack from Iran.
May 11, 2026
RTX’s Collins Aerospace is expanding a facility in Largo, Florida, to accelerate production of radars for the FAA’s air traffic control modernization push.
May 11, 2026
The European Commission has issued guidance aimed at helping the EU transport and tourism sector face up to potential jet fuel shortages.