PARIS—The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has taken an important step towards building a regulatory framework to govern the use of drones in the region’s airspace.
Declaring that a “compelling public safety need exists,” the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is calling on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to expedite the development of international standards for regulating small drones.
The president of the largest North American airline pilots’ union in a Feb. 21 speech argued that strict pilot training and qualification requirements have helped prevent passenger fatalities among U.S. airlines for nine straight years.
General Electric (GE) and longtime engineering simulation software provider Ansys have a new, “multiyear” agreement that helps in part with multi-physics solutions in ground-based and on-wing gas turbine engines.
If Boeing builds a new midmarket aircraft (NMA), it will not look much different for people who fly in it—but it will look a whole lot different to the people who build it, Boeing’s top executive said Feb. 21.
CFM, the GE Aviation/Safran Aircraft Engines (SAE) joint venture, has named Sébastien Imbourg executive vice president, replacing François Bastin, who has been appointed executive vice president of commercial engine programs for SAE.
Pratt & Whitney is reverting to a previous configuration of its PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engine’s high pressure compressor (HPC) aft hub knife-edge seal to get its production line moving again and fix in-service engines affected by issues with the modified design.
The October 2017 collision between a small unmanned aircraft and a Beech King Air operating a commercial charter flight into Quebec City highlights the risks that unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) pose to Canadian airspace users, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) warned.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said the airspace blockade on Qatari territory initiated June 5, 2017, by neighboring nations has negatively affected the performance of the airline.
Long-haul LCC AirAsia X is targeting further fleet and network growth this year, supported by healthy improvement in the carrier’s financial performance.
LCC Norwegian has taken delivery of its 100th direct buy Boeing 737-800, the last of the aircraft type that will join its fleet, as it prepares for a large influx of more fuel-efficient 737 MAX aircraft.
United Airlines plans to place its first Boeing 737-9s into revenue service June 7 on routes connecting its Houston Intercontinental (IAH) hub and five cities, including its summer seasonal-nonstop route to Anchorage, Alaska.
Southwest Airlines plans to start rolling out international cargo shipments in May, with Mexico City, Cancun, Cabo San Lucas/Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta at the top of the list, the carrier announced.
Airline representatives including the head of British Airways’ parent company International Airlines Group (IAG) urged the UK government to ensure increased competition and keep a lid on passenger costs as part of plans to expand Europe’s busiest airport, London Heathrow. The airline executives spoke at a UK parliamentary committee hearing about Heathrow’s future.
Airbus delivered the first production A350-1000 to Qatar Airways, introducing several improvements that it said will eventually flow down to the smaller A350-900 as well.
Emirates is launching a new route from Dubai to Auckland via Bali, Indonesia, as the second stage of the carrier’s overhaul of its New Zealand services.
Air New Zealand is preparing a formal request for proposals (RFP) for Boeing and Airbus for aircraft that could meet carrier’s ambition to fly nonstop from Auckland to the U.S. East Coast.
HNA Group, struggling to raise cash, is likely to sell shares in more of its subsidiary carriers after securing further local government investment in Tianjin Airlines, industry sources close to the group say.
Air France-KLM has started looking at how it could expand formerly loss-making Transavia France’s fleet beyond the 40 aircraft it is limited to by an agreement with labor unions.
