Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Nov 21, 2019
U.S. Transportation chief Elaine Chao pledges support for the drone community and says safety is a shared responsibility.
Nov 21, 2019
Acknowledged as a drone industry pioneer, the Canadian company has gone public after taking a back seat to Chinese competitors.
Nov 20, 2019
Aircraft tracking system provider Blue Sky Network on Nov. 20 announced FAA certification of its autonomous distress tracking (ADT) device on Boeing 737 airliners.
Nov 20, 2019
The Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP), responsible for managing air traffic from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, has started using space-based surveillance data from Aireon to track aircraft.
Nov 20, 2019
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for Boeing to redesign engine fan cowls on 737 NG-series airliners after finding that a fragmented fan blade compromised the structure on Southwest Airlines flight 1380 in 2018, leading to the first fatality on a US passenger airline in nearly a decade.
Nov 19, 2019
The U.S. NTSB is recommending that Boeing redesign engine fan cowls on 737 NG-series airliners after finding that a fragmented fan blade compromised the structure on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 in 2018, leading to the first fatality on a U.S. passenger airline in nearly a decade.
Nov 19, 2019
A cohort of airline pilot unions lauded the Nov. 19 introduction of a bipartisan U.S. House bill that would bring rest and duty-time regulations for cargo pilots into line with their passenger-flying counterparts.
Nov 19, 2019
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) praised the introduction of a bipartisan US House bill that would bring rest and duty-time regulations for cargo pilots into line with their passenger counterparts.