Safety, Ops & Regulation

The carrier will be covered by the OEM’s component services program for its new fleet of A350 aircraft.

Chinese regulator has requests improvements in several areas from operators in the country.

Long-distance low cost carrier moves to put electronic tech logs on EFBs.

The airline's safety authorization was suspended by the European regulator earlier this month.

Like many airlines, Icelandair is looking to reduce the use of paper across its maintenance operation.

Texel Air in Bahrain operates two Boeing 737-300 freighters for charter freight operations, carrying anything from food to fuel. Shaune du Plessis, director of maintenance, talks about how the operator’s maintenance will expand and its opportunities for third-party work.

Nation’s air travel not only much bigger, but much safer than a decade ago.

Executives at Swedish airline SAS call for European regulators to use anti-monopoly laws.

Move affects more than 140 U.S.-based shops, and could be used in Europe as well.

The newly-formed Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance aims to increase knowledge and transparency about the use of Supplemental Type Certificates as an option for modifications.

Industry pays tribute to David Shotsberger, a career Continental/United A&P and technical leader, who died on Jan. 22.

American Airlines opened its new $215 million Hangar 2 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Jan. 25, 2019. David Seymour, the airline’s senior VP integrated operations, explains why this hangar, the biggest at the airport, is important to American’s expanding O’Hare operation.

Even the previously fast-expanding major Persian Gulf carriers have found the past two years tough going for a variety of internal and external

Gulf Air’s chief technical officer details the airline’s fleet changes and how the carrier plans to support the new aircraft.

While passengers rarely use onboard emergency equipment (thankfully), safety enhancements are ongoing.

Expanding use of delegations, such as Organization Designation Authorization, help to make the industry more efficient and less dependent on the regulator.

Safety agency says abusive grinding could have been avoided if the MRO had conducted a Barkhausen inspection instead.

Good news from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s safety report.

An amendment to a European Aviation Safety Agency rule could require repair stations to amend their manuals.

ARSA suggests alternate solution for maintenance organizations battling current maintenance data requirement.

Canadian ultra low-cost carrier is to reconsider its maintenance strategy when 10 of its Boeing 737-800s are flying from Spring 2019.

LHT says the fully-automated procedure is able to provide more consistent, reliable results than the human eye.

The low-cost Brazilian airline is changing its maintenance operation to prepare for external customers.

Agency also looking at installation of parts without form 1 or equivalent to improve maintenance efficiency.

Challenges exist for airlines in procuring aircraft components from suppliers on-time and on-quality.