Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Dec 13, 2019
Drone traffic management system developer Altitude Angel on Dec. 12 announced a contract from Dutch air navigation service provider LVNL to provide an unmanned aircraft systems traffic management (UTM) platform for the Netherlands.
Dec 13, 2019
LONDON HEATHROW handled record 6.2m pax in November 2019, up 2% vs November 2018; cargo fell 8.6% to 134,328 tonnes and movements fell 0.1%.
Dec 13, 2019
Johnson now can push through his vision of Brexit on Jan. 31, 2020 ending Parliamentary and legal deadlock.
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 13, 2019
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directives (ADs) 2016-01-16, 2017-19-03, and 2018-19-05, which applied to Dassault Aviation Model Mystere-Falcon 900 airplanes.
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
FAA is considering expanding its use of space-based surveillance to track aircraft and maintain separations in oceanic airspace beyond an operational trial slated to begin in the Caribbean region in March 2020.
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.