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Precautionary groundings of Boeing 737 MAX-family aircraft spread to the Western Hemisphere late Mar. 11 as two Latin American carriers joined the growing list of operators and regulators that have pulled their newest Boeing single-aisle models from service to wait for more details from the investigation into the Mar. 10 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, a 737 MAX 8.
The U.S. FAA is pressing on with planned changes to Boeing 737 MAX aircraft stemming from the October 2018 Lion Air Flight JT610 accident, but has not seen evidence from the recent Ethiopian Airlines MAX 8 accident to take additional steps, such as a fleet-wide grounding.
The Trump administration is requesting $17.1 billion to fund the FAA in fiscal 2020, down from the roughly $17.5 billion appropriated for the agency in 2019, according to the White House’s budget request released Mar. 11.
Concern that two accidents involving new Boeing 737 MAX 8s in less than five months may be linked has led operators and regulators to ground about a third of the in-service fleet while investigators work to either connect the two accidents or calm fears.
The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 near Addis Ababa Mar. 10 has triggered voluntary groundings of in-service MAX-family aircraft even as investigators only begin their work, as concerns over possible links to the October 2018 Lion Air 737-8 accident mount, despite evidence of any clear links between the two crashes.
Urban air mobility and electric propulsion are high on NASA’s plans for aeronautics research in fiscal 2020, but the long-term budget trend is still downward despite long-running efforts to secure stable higher funding for research to support one of the U.S.’s most important industries.
A total of 16 African states have signed a memorandum of implementation (MoI) that formally opens their markets, simplifying intra-African air-transport liberalization and giving the project new momentum.
Government proposals to improve competitiveness in the French air transport sector do not go far enough, the Federation Nationale de l’Aviation Marchande (FNAM) industry body representing French airlines said Mar. 11.
Direct air capacity between London and Shanghai will surge over the coming 12 months when four Chinese carriers commence new or expanded services on the route.
Ryanair said UK nationals would not be allowed to buy Ryanair shares in the event of a no-deal or “hard” Brexit. The airline’s board made the ruling as part of updated guidelines for ensuring the Irish budget carrier remains majority EU-owned.
A series of legal challenges to the planned expansion of London Heathrow Airport has commenced in the UK High Court, with London Mayor Sadiq Khan and environmental organization Greenpeace joining local authorities in a bid to stop plans to build a third runway.
Fourteen people were killed March 9 when a Douglas DC-3 operated by Laser Aereo Colombia crashed near Villavicencio, Colombia, after declaring an emergency.
