Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
A final report on the second fatal Boeing 737 MAX accident is critiqued as not giving appropriate weight to flight deck human-factors and pilot performance.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Sky-high ticket prices and COVID-19 test requirements will not stop Chinese travelers from getting on their first international flight after three long years.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Some countries have reacted to the reopening of China with new COVID-19 measures.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
China cleared the Korean Air-Asiana Airlines merger in late December but the EU and U.S. are yet to sign off on the deal.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European network manager Eurocontrol expects 2023 traffic to reach 92% of pre-pandemic levels or 10.2 million flights.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
A dual power outage at the Philippines Air Traffic Management Center forced the suspension of hundreds of flights on New Year’s Day.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Dutch government’s increased passenger tax and Schiphol’s flight-cap plans threaten to distort the transport playing field, KLM says
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
In 2023, Dutch environmental legislation—planned and implemented—will be in the spotlight.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Etihad Airways will increase its services to Shanghai with twice weekly flights from February 2, 2023.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Passengers are still required to undergo either a pre-departure PCR or rapid antigen test 48 hours or 24 hours, respectively, prior to the flight.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
China will drop quarantine requirements for inbound travelers from Jan. 8, 2023, part of the country’s sudden dismantling of COVID-19 restrictions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) have signed a strategic framework arrangement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Why 2023 will be a pivotal year for aerospace & defense.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Major events in aerospace and defense during 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
U.S. lawmakers plan to give Boeing the green light to wrap up 737-7 and 737-10 certification without modifying their flight crew alerting systems.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia’s passenger traffic in 2022 is expected to outperform initial best-case estimates, Malaysia Aviation Commission (Mavcom) said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Center (MUAC) has reviewed the boundaries of its sectors and found room for incremental progress.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Chris Sloan
For Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan, the future is all about getting back to the basics.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
IATA continues to call on governments to put into place large-scale incentives to rapidly expand the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Peaford
UAE-based flight planning and dispatch specialists Skyplan Services was at the MEBAA Show in Dubai to unveil its new flight dispatchers’ training school.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is facing fatigue crack issues on older A380s. These are more widespread than initially thought and may lead to a tighter inspection regime.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau, Kurt Hofmann
Ratification of a bilateral aviation agreement between the European Union and Qatar signed in 2021 looks set to continue despite possible corruption probe.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Boeing 717 operators face repetitive inspections to detect wear and cracking in an LPC component, a bulletin from Rolls-Royce issued Dec. 15 said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The airline industry has long clamored for air traffic management to improve and contribute 10% to the sector’s sustainability endeavor.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The UK has pushed back plans to ease the rules governing the quantity of liquids passengers can take on board airliners.
Safety, Ops & Regulation