Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Dec 06, 2019
The FAA’s recent downgrade of Malaysian aviation authorities’ air safety rating has disrupted the codesharing relationship between oneworld alliance partners American Airlines and Malaysia Airlines.
Dec 05, 2019
CAE on Dec. 5 announced an order from Emirates Airline for two Boeing 777X full-flight simulators (FFS) and associated training suites.
Dec 05, 2019
Aircraft collisions and crashes account for more than half the value of all aviation-related insurance claims (57%), equivalent to $9.3 billion and more than a quarter of claims by number (27%), according to a new report provided by major insurance provider Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Dec 05, 2019
Europe’s finance ministers agreed to revise current energy taxation laws at a Dec. 5 meeting of the economic and financial affairs council, in a move that could pave the way for an end to jet fuel’s exemption from tax.
Dec 04, 2019
Disruption in flights originating and landing in France is expected as a three-day strike by air traffic controllers (ATCs) gets under way Dec. 5.
May 26, 2023
Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT) will increase passenger ticket taxes from Sept. 1, including a 31.7% hike on transit passengers’ facility charge.
May 25, 2023
Iberia customer experience director Melanie Berry details cabin changes the Spanish airline is making on board to improve its environmental footprint.
May 24, 2023
ULCC Ryanair has won another legal case in its long-running series of complaints against airline compensation packages approved by the EU during the pandemic.
May 23, 2023
The civil penalty follows an investigation by the U.S. Transportation Department’s (DOT) Office of Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP).
May 23, 2023
An NTSB-hosted round table on runway incursions held May 23 discussed key issues and how to tackle them.
May 23, 2023
The U.S. FAA has awarded $100 million across 12 airports for airfield configuration projects aimed at preventing runway incursions, including LAS and SAN.
May 23, 2023
France’s ban on domestic flights on routes for which rail alternatives of less than 2.5 hr. exist has taken effect as part of French efforts to decarbonize.
May 22, 2023
An Indian court has rejected efforts by lessors to overturn a moratorium placed on the reclamation of aircraft operated by Go First.