Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Aug 01, 2019
Fixing the latest Boeing 737 MAX flight control system anomaly flagged by FAA will not require hardware changes, and design differences between the MAX and its 737NG predecessor mean the issue presents far less risk on older 737s, ATW has confirmed.
Aug 01, 2019
The US mainline airline fleet is 85% compliant with the FAA’s approaching deadline to equip aircraft for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) Out position reporting, a “compliance snapshot” presented to the NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) reveals.
Jul 31, 2019
Senior officials from the FAA defended the US agency’s certification of the Boeing 737 MAX as “fundamentally sound” during a US Senate Appropriations Committee hearing July 31.
Jul 31, 2019
The Chinese government is suspending a program that allowed individual tourists to visit Taiwan, restricting travel to the island to groups organized by travel agencies.
Jul 31, 2019
British Airways (BA) has lost its latest attempt July 31 to block pilots from staging a strike, as the likelihood of industrial action increased at the height of the summer holiday season.
Mar 22, 2024
With new peaks in European air traffic expected this summer, Eurocontrol has issued the 2024 edition of its guide for keeping flights flowing.
Mar 22, 2024
The future for Allegiant Air could look increasingly international, in part enabled by the airline's move away from proprietary systems.
Mar 21, 2024
The Civil Aviation Administration of China is yet to say why a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 nose-dived into the ground two years ago.
Mar 21, 2024
Spirit Airlines Executive Vice President and CCO Matt Klein expects to see more consolidation—despite the collapse of the ULCC’s merger with JetBlue Airways.
Mar 20, 2024
A consortium of UK and European companies have called on the British government to provide additional funding towards making the hydrogen fuel plan a reality.
Mar 20, 2024
SAS Scandinavia Airlines has received U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval for its reorganization plan and now expects to emerge from Chapter 11 in mid-2024.
Mar 20, 2024
The provisional agreement on Single European Sky (SES) reform is being described as a “complete failure” and heavily watered down.
Mar 20, 2024
Measuring the maturity of a technology before it actually enters the complex and thorny certification pipeline may be decisive for a swift implementation.