Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA plans to complete key revisions to system safety assessment procedures by late 2024.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France’s public prosecutor has launched an appeal after a Paris court verdict cleared Air France and Airbus of charges from the 2009 crash of AF447.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
U.S. airlines await a decision from the U.S. DOT on a proposed ancillary rulemaking Frontier Airlines has dubbed "a solution searching for a problem."
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Conditions imposed on the Avianca-VIva merger include the return of slots at Bogota El Dorado and placing a fare ceiling on certain routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
If antitrust concerns in Brussels scupper the takeover deals dreamt of by the big three European airline groups, other paths are available.
Airlines & Lessors

Emirates is set to launch a new City Check‑in and Travel Store located in ICD Brookfield Place in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA has formed an independent safety review team and given it six months to study the U.S. air traffic system with an eye to mitigating risks.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Since the last FAA Administrator to serve out his full term left office in January 2018, the agency has spent over half that time led by an interim top exec.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
A significant improvement in energy efficiency for a novel de-icing system has been demonstrated under the EU’s Clean Sky 2 public-private partnership.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
China will abolish the requirement for inbound travelers to present negative PCR tests for COVID beginning April 29.
Airports & Networks

P. Barry Butler, Robert L. Sumwalt and Kristy Kiernan
Challenges to aviation safety need to be treated in the same way that the best academic medical institutions focus on diseases.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The Bulgarian startup is readying Black Swan remotely piloted cargo aircraft for flight tests.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
The stage is set for a third temporary leader to take charge amid a significant safety-improvement push and critical reauthorization process.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Certification issues are delaying Harbour Air Seaplanes’ plans to convert its fleet of De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beavers to electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s United Engine Corporation (UEC), which develops the 8-ton powerplant, confirmed the certification schedule to Aviation Week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Participants at the EU-India Aviation Summit explored the potential for deepening the EU-India aviation relationship as well as the shared challenges.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The strike has for now focused on Eurocontrol’s website, as opposed to its air traffic management operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Parts supplied by Spirit AeroSystems must be inspected and repaired on many 737 MAXs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Occurrences of ransomware inside the aviation supply chain are up 600% in just one year—an indicator of escalating cybersecurity risks the industry is facing.
Airlines & Lessors

Madagascar Airlines has said it has obtained its own air operator's certificate (AOC) and operating license (OL) from the Malagasy civil aviation authority.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
The coordination across the Australian flag-carrier and LCC is part of the so-called Jetstar Pan-Asia Strategy.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The EU parliament adopted a reform of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) and also voted in favor of the revision of the ETS for aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Emirates will be expanding its schedule this week to offer 38 additional flights across six cities in the GCC and Middle East.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois, Sean Broderick
Industry developing new ways to help pilots, but some ideas are meeting resistance.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
At least two-thirds of the UK’s SAF supplies could be produced domestically, UK Chairman of the Sustainable Aviation Coalition Matt Gorman said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation