Safety, Ops & Regulation

U.S. low-cost carrier is set to make a decision for a fleet order later this year.

From the exhibition floor at MRO Americas 2019, Will McOnie, sales and business development manager for Semmco, demonstrates how the company’s UCAS XS Variable Height Access Steps and SMART Nitrogen Trolley products improve MRO worker safety.

Delta CEO spoke at Aviation Week Network's MRO Americas event in Atlanta on Tuesday (April 9).

New technologies, joint ventures and airline growth are driving expansion of MRO services worldwide.

Hawaiian using its own maintenance services as well as outsourced MRO to handle major fleet changes.

Niche short-range operators see potential in converting their aircraft to electric power to reduce energy costs and emissions.

New competition is coming to South Korea’s airline sector as the government approves more low-cost carriers.

Why not use remote technology for aviation MRO?

No data has been found supporting widespread reliability issues behind flight control system errors.

New CASA procedures eliminate redundancy for drug and alcohol pre-employment testing.

Fatalities were up in 2018, but long-term worldwide downward trend remains.

FAA acceptance of industry certification should facilitate training of badly needed avionics technicians.

Expanded agreement grows on cooperation first signed by both parties in late 2017.

MCAS, which provides automatic stabilizer inputs that put the aircraft's nose down, is the focus of the October 2018 crash of Lion Air flight JT610, a 737 MAX 8.

The grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX fleet has led to changes in the market for older variants of the narrowbody, says the CEO of Dubai’s DAE Capital.

Southwest Airlines cuts guidance as flight cancellations mount.

China's regulator says the decision will affect new 737 MAX 8s and any that are coming up for renewal of their certificates of airworthiness.

New FAA administrator nominee is a U.S. Air Force and Delta Air Lines veteran.

Will Brexit throw a wrench in regulators’ collaborative efforts?

Craig Barton, vice president of technical services at American Airlines, discusses some of its day-to-day maintenance planning processes and gives insight on its large-scale fleet retrofit plans.

The five-year contract will see the Russian maintenance provider oversee services on the aircraft types operated by the Kazakhstan flag carrier.

The new, tentative deal is the latest development in talks between the airline and its mechanics that started back in 2012.

The fledgling carrier has revealed some of its aftermarket choices.

The low-cost carrier says it is counting on its Dubai hub to attract new mechanics.

Three days of groundings by regulators across the world has now left the global MAX fleet grounded.