In an investigation report that effectively highlights the value of flight data monitoring, the French Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses (BEA) has determined that some abnormally long Airbus A340-300 takeoffs from Bogota El Dorado International Airport in Colombia were the result of improper pilot practices.

The UK risks losing up to 120,000 jobs from the aviation sector over the next two decades if it does not improve competitiveness, according to a new IATA report.

A month-long review of Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) turned up nothing to suggest the operator is unsafe, the regulator said.

CAE has established a new cadet flight training location in Oslo, Norway, its fourth such facility in Europe.

France plans to introduce an “eco-tax” on flights departing from French airports from 2020, transport minister Elisabeth Borne said July 9, sparking criticism from Air France and the country’s airport industry.

The leadership of the US House Transportation Committee has called on the US Department of Transportation to hasten its regulatory process to require that drones be capable of being identified from the ground.

The leading Democrat on the US senate panel considering Steve Dickson’s nomination to head the FAA said she will vote against him when the Commerce Committee takes up his nomination July 10, citing a “lack of candor” regarding his involvement in a whistleblower complaint during his tenure as SVP-flight operations at Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines.

A strike by EVA Air cabin crews is set to end at midnight July 10 after the airline and the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union signed an agreement July 7.