European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

Electric propulsion promises lower operating costs and emissions, but will they be enough?

“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.

The clean-sheet, twin-engine aircraft is expected to fly by year’s end or in early 2025.

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.

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

With radio frequency interference now routine for commercial airlines, more is at stake than redundancy, a cornerstone of aviation safety built over decades.

Ukraine believes it can and should restart airline operations if airport repair funds can be found; others are skeptical.

Although there is no imminent threat, pilot groups are stepping up their campaign against reduced-crew and single-pilot concepts.

EASA plans to release an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) requiring Airbus A350 operators to perform one-time inspections of their aircraft.

The CEO reports progress toward raising €450 million and reaching certification of the ERA 19-seater.

The FAA’s sweeping changes to certification-related safety assessments address four long-standing NTSB recommendations that emerged from three accident probes.

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.

Leonardo Helicopters has begun ground runs of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Technology Demonstrator ahead of its first flight, planned before year-end,

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Swiss electric propulsion startup H55 has announced the closing of a Series C funding round.

The Airbus A321XLR equipped with CFM Leap 1A engines has received its type certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

Austrian startup FlyNow Aviation sees huge potential for urban air mobility to change how people commute through dense cities.

Lilium has pushed back the planned start of manned flight tests with its full-scale electric Lilium Jet to early 2025.

The UK regulator also struck an agreement with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to closely cooperate on type certification.

Ricardo has been selected by the EASA to lead a consortium in creating the EU’s first SAF clearing house to support industry in scaling up supply.

Leonardo Helicopters has tested the performance of Daedalean’s visual awareness system in flights using two helicopters.

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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has introduced its certification readiness level concept.

The nine-step scale is being developed in collaboration with Europe’s Clean Aviation research program.