The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure committee has requested that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General should launch an audit into FAA’s oversight of domestic aeronautical repair stations.

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Washington) will be among the chief authors of any new legislation to reform FAA’s aircraft certification process resulting from the various investigations into the Boeing 737 MAX.

British Airways (BA) passengers faced widespread delays throughout the airline’s network Nov. 21 as a technical problem led to cancellations and frustrated travelers.

The aviation industry is “too defensive” in the discussion on environment and sustainability, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said at the IATA Wings of Change event in Berlin.

Air Wisconsin pilots approved a new three-year contract on Nov. 21, ending a decade-long management dispute that the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) called “one of the longest-running conflicts” in the union’s history.

The UK government will provide 50% of the cost of a 30-month, £18 million ($23.3 million) demonstrator project to convert the nine-passenger Britten-Norman Islander to hybrid-electric propulsion for short-range flights such as inter-island routes.

As the air transport industry increases its focus on sustainability, Boeing is stepping up its ecoDemonstrator technology testbed program with flight tests of a specially modified 777-200ER.

The UK government will provide 50% of the cost of a 30-month, £18 million ($23.3 million) demonstrator project to convert the nine-passenger Britten-Normal Islander to hybrid-electric propulsion for short-range flights such as inter-island routes.