European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

By Thierry Dubois
Having two pilots onboard is a vital safety asset that reduced-crew concepts are threatening, says NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
EASA, the FAA and IATA are increasingly using AI to process air transport incident reports in a bid to better detect safety trends—both successes and failures.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The Racer is currently in maintenance after its first 8 hr. of flight testing, during which it achieved speeds of 227 kt. in June after just seven flights.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Since 2018, only 48% of commercial air transport accidents have had a final report published, according to Gabriel Acosta, head of operational safety at IATA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kent Jackson
The EU has a robust system to ensure that aviators are following their equally robust set of rules—that system is laid out in the Ramp Inspection Program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) says airlines should avoid operating within Israeli and Lebanese air space—at all flight levels.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
Florian Guillermet speaks with Aviation Week about EASA-FAA cooperation, spoofing and jamming threats, and ensuring that EASA can meet its expanded mandate.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The UK Civil Aviation Authority plans to begin beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone demonstrations by year’s end.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford
EASA will start a public consultation on methodology for its planned Environmental Labeling Scheme, also known as the eco-label, the executive director tells Aviation Week.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Electric propulsion promises lower operating costs and emissions, but will they be enough?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford
“When it comes to aviation safety, the authorities have to speak with one voice,” says Florian Guillermet, the new executive director of EASA, in his first interview since taking on the role in April.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The clean-sheet, twin-engine aircraft is expected to fly by year’s end or in early 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
An MRO issue may explain the rupture of a Rolls-Royce XWB-97 fuel hose that led a Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000 crew to return to Hong Kong, EASA says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Acquired by Airbus in 2001, Poland’s PZL-Okecie produced more than 1,000 of the four-seat Wilgas between 1967 and 2008.
Business Aviation

By Jens Flottau
With radio frequency interference now routine for commercial airlines, more is at stake than redundancy, a cornerstone of aviation safety built over decades.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Ukraine believes it can and should restart airline operations if airport repair funds can be found; others are skeptical.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Although there is no imminent threat, pilot groups are stepping up their campaign against reduced-crew and single-pilot concepts.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
EASA plans to release an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) requiring Airbus A350 operators to perform one-time inspections of their aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The CEO reports progress toward raising €450 million and reaching certification of the ERA 19-seater.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The FAA’s sweeping changes to certification-related safety assessments address four long-standing NTSB recommendations that emerged from three accident probes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Comac delivered Air China’s and China Southern Airlines’ first C919s in a combined ceremony, marking the airliner's expansion to all three state-owned carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

Brett Levanto
To meet regulatory requirements for safety management systems, repair stations will need a layered approach.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Sarah MacLeod
True safety management systems must be integrated into existing requirements instead of piled on top of other programs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters has begun ground runs of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Technology Demonstrator ahead of its first flight, planned before year-end,
Aircraft & Propulsion