Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Apr 01, 2019
Aeroflot LCC subsidiary Pobeda Airlines ceased international flights from St. Petersburg from March 30 over a dispute with a border control service.
Apr 01, 2019
Russian airline S7 co-owner and major shareholder Natalia Fileva was killed when the private jet she was flying on crashed near Frankfurt March 31.
Mar 29, 2019
Compensation claims by passengers on delayed flights in the European Union (EU) are escalating sharply and harming smaller airlines, the head of the body representing them said March 27.
Mar 28, 2019
Training provider CAE has signed a new five-year agreement with long-haul LCC AirAsia X to train pilots on the Airbus A330.
Mar 28, 2019
An appellate body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has upheld European and Airbus claims that the US side of an ongoing airliner manufacturing subsidies dispute failed to withdraw subsidies granted by Washington state, which Airbus proponents assert has helped lead to $15-$20 billion in harm.
Mar 27, 2019
FAA retained oversight of the Boeing MAX’s new maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) early on in the aircraft's certification process, but later delegated it to Boeing once the agency was confident the company had the expertise to manage it, FAA acting administrator Dan Elwell told a Senate hearing March 27.
Mar 27, 2019
Aviation Week Network senior transport editor Sean Broderick speaks with Air New Zealand Chief Pilot Captain David Morgan about the airline’s double 2019 ATW Awards win, after being recognized for both Eco-Airline of the Year and Passenger Experience Achievement.
Mar 27, 2019
Key changes to the Boeing 737 MAX’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) will incorporate more redundancy into the aircraft’s much-scrutinized flight-control law and give pilots ultimate elevator authority by limiting the degree of nose-down stabilizer command the automated system can trigger.