Safety, Ops & Regulation

The FAA is urging Boeing 777 operators to modify wiring to eliminate the risk of uncommanded throttle advances while aircraft are on the ground.

The FAA urged Boeing to justify exemption request based on safety considerations.

A renewed focus on cleaning aircraft interiors has operators paying close attention to what works as a disinfectant and, critically, what is permitted

After several uncontained failures, the FAA has issued ADs to require inspections of specific GE90 parts.

In today’s environment, when virtual meetings are replacing face-to-face, regulators must focus on content that is relevant and useful.

Ask the Editors: EASA and the FAA have issued recent guidance to reinforce proper use of biocides.

Fuel microbes thrive in heat and humidity. At a time when thousands of aircraft are parked, and not spending time at altitude where it’s much colder, the chance of contamination is higher than normal.

Coronavirus has affected the hot, dry nations of the Middle East more gently than most regions, with fatalities from 6-29 per million, versus a global

Figuring out how to make passengers comfortable boarding aircraft again, without having to block off middle seats indefinitely, is a problem the

Increased connectivity creates new vulnerabilities—from avionics to inflight-entertainment networks and airline back-end operations.

C Cubed Aerospace hopes to receive an FAA supplemental type certificate for its Airbus A320 passenger-to-freighter conversion by the end of 2020, and another following not too far behind for its A321 conversion. The timing could be good given changes in the cargo-conversion dynamic.

The COVID-19 pandemic could be the push the industry needs to get the FAA to update outdated aviation maintenance training regulations. The pandemic

India applied some of the most severe virus-retarding restrictions to both aviation and its economy generally.

Surplus parts will be available, but will airlines simply use their own?

Ask the Editors: As airlines gain more leverage with lessors on aircraft maintenance, use of such parts may increase.

Ask the Editors: Airline cabins are already quite safe, and many airlines now require face coverings throughout flight and in airports.

The MRO is working on supplemental type certificates to convert all major commercial aircraft types into auxiliary freighters.

How Croatia Airlines has adjusted its MRO activities to handle disruptions related to the COVID-19 crisis.

The FAA has fast-tracked guidance on technology such as cameras and video conferencing for a range of required tasks.

Australian MRO providers have strengths they can leverage to gain advantages over foreign competitors.

FAA standards for remote technology use are welcome—but time is of the essence, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

How conversational AI can make MRO processes more efficient.

Southwest Airlines remains committed to the Boeing 737 MAX but will stretch out planned deliveries and accelerate retirements of an undetermined

While demand for business and military MRO remains strong, commercial and component MRO are seeing major disruptions.

Fast-growing Asian carriers are not used to grounding jets, and most of the Asia-Pacific region does not have, like the western U.S., vast dry deserts