Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Feb 07, 2019
Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright Corp. have partnered to develop a new generation of cockpit voice and flight-data recorders (CVR/FDR) that comply with an upcoming 25-hour CVR mandate and allow inflight access to data.
Feb 07, 2019
Further unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, incidents at major airports are inevitable and the civil aviation sector must be prepared to deal with them, London City Airport CEO Robert Sinclair said Feb. 7.
Feb 06, 2019
Global air cargo demand weakened in 2018, pressured by a slowdown in freight volumes in the final months of the year.
Feb 05, 2019
FlightSafety International has requested a 90-day extension of a mandate to modify full-flight simulators for extended envelope flight training, citing the recent US government shutdown for delaying FAA approval.
Feb 05, 2019
Central Asian carrier Turkmenistan Airlines appears to be attempting to charter flights to cover services from the European Union, which were suspended Feb. 4 by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on safety grounds.
Feb 04, 2019
A Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) analysis of runway incursions at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) has led the board to recommend reconfiguring part of the airfield and spotlights how inconsistent airport-design standards can present risks for flight crews.
Feb 04, 2019
Cathay Pacific Airways’ pilots have voted to reject a tentative contract agreement, dealing a setback to the Hong Kong flag carrier’s turnaround efforts.
Feb 01, 2019
JetBlue Airways requested the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to consolidate antitrust immunity (ATI) applications from the proposed oneworld and SkyTeam transatlantic joint ventures (JVs).