European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

By Molly McMillin, Lee Ann Shay
Dawit Lemma, the new chair of the African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA), shares wide-ranging thoughts on Africa's role in global business aviation.
Business Aviation

By Lindsay Bjerregaard, James Pozzi, Graham Warwick
Manufacturers, maintenance providers and Part 147 schools are setting plans for supporting electric aircraft, engines and ground support equipment.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EASA has published new information highlighting lithium battery risks to air travel and emphasizing the need for improved passenger communications.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
It is official: Repair stations with European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification must have ICAO-compliant safety management systems by 2026.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Uncrewed traffic management specialist ANRA Technologies UK has become the first company to be certified as a provider of U-space digital airspace services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Asia Digital Engineering (ADE) has attained Maintenance Organization Approval certification from EASA and the Repair Station Certificate from FAA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
European airspace design was inherited from the progressive construction of air traffic management on a multinational continent, leading to fragmentation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
A Lufthansa pilot was alone in the cockpit when he suffered an incapacitation, causing the aircraft to fly on autopilot only for about 10 min.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
RVL Aviation agreed to become to launch operator for the Cessna 208B Caravan retrofitted with ZeroAvia’s ZA600 hydrogen-electric propulsion system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By David Casey
PIA will resume nonstop service between Lahore and Paris in June as it looks to rebuild its European network following the lifting of a four-year ban by EASA.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Molly McMillin, Michael Lavitt
Gulfstream Aerospace’s longest range jet, the G800, gains certification, which paves the way for first deliveries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Gulfstream Aerospace developed a family of five next-generation jets with a lot of commonality. It only has one more to certify now that the G800 is certified.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
A bureaucratic-sounding record of decision by an oversight board recently codified a significant change for U.S.-based repair stations certified by EASA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Approval by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency in 2028 could align auspiciously with Comac’s planned C919 production ramp-up.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Roadable aircraft advances; U.S.-sourced drone batteries; oversize cargo for defense; and electric jet engine.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
As European startups struggle to raise cash, Heart Aerospace moves from Sweden to Los Angeles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin, Michael Lavitt
The Gulfstream G800 business jet will enter service with performance improvements that exceed projections, and pilot and maintenance training underway.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick, Adrian Schofield, Helen Massy-Beresford
Many production projects are underway across the globe, but political upheaval risks affecting investment decisions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Hydraulic fluid exposure can contaminate a key flight control data interface on A350s and in extreme cases lead to uncommanded flight control surface movements.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The Comac C919 may receive its European certification in 3-6 years, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Executive Director Florian Guillermet said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Loft Dynamics has teamed with Alaska Airlines to develop the next generation of extended-reality full-flight simulator.
Maintenance & Training

By Guy Norris
United Rotorcraft hopes to gain Transport Canada certification for its Airbus Super Puma firefighting modification package this summer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Portugal’s first indigenous aircraft, the LUS-222, has passed its preliminary design review .
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Aura Aero continues to make progress with the flight test campaign for its Integral E electric trainer.
Advanced Air Mobility