Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois, Helen Massy-Beresford, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick, Angus Batey
Airbus, Air France, CFM, Rolls-Royce, Universal Hydrogen and other major players are executing long-term radical sustainability plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Bahrain’s flag carrier last served the U.S. more than 25 years ago.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Lessons learned for Boeing’s quality management system are playing a key role in helping the OEM get the 787 program back on track.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
The EU’s Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on revising the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
China has until now stuck to pursuing its zero-COVID ambition and remains the only negative-growth aviation market in 2022.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Australia’s competition watchdog is warning airlines that they are under extra scrutiny due to soaring fare levels in the country’s domestic market.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
EASA has commissioned a three-year study into the impact of security measures on aviation safety.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France has welcomed a European Commission announcement that the country can legally ban domestic flights for which there is a rail alternative of under 2.5 hrs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
IATA and A4E have urged EU transport ministers to agree to recommendations for European ATM performance to be reviewed by an independent regulator.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Flight tests have been conducted to demonstrate how automated ATM could be used to avoid conflicts between autonomous air taxis and crewed aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Peaford
Samer Majali, the chief executive and vice chairman of Jordan's national carrier Royal Jordanian, speaks frankly to TATV about the airline's challenges and the reasons behind its new investment in developing a third fleet to support its goal of being the carrier of the Levant.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
A potential flight crew alerting deadline extension affecting the Boeing 737-7 and 737-10 has not swayed pilots who want to see U.S. Congress hold the line.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Fifteen pilots have received their Comac C919 type certification following a two-month evaluation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Boeing has temporarily suspended 777-9 test flights pending joint investigations with GE Aerospace into an unspecified issue on the aircraft’s GE9X engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
The carrier plans to serve an initial three domestic destinations from Kuala Lumpur.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
The Chile-based airline group already operates carriers in three South American countries.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
High-speed trains may not be the first thing you think of when hearing the words “Air France,” but the carrier is focusing on opportunities for cooperation with rail operators, initially in France, as part of its decarbonization strategy.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The goal of the project is to demonstrate that a scale model that mimics the dynamics of a full-size aircraft can be used as a viable and competitive means of i
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Central African carrier RwandAir has added its first dedicated freighter and further growth could be on the horizon after the FAA granted the airline Category 1
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Peaford
The African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) – the aviation arm of the African Union – has a new secretary-general. She talks about her hopes and dreams for the industry across the continent.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Kenya Airways has announced the introduction of a new service between Accra and Dakar effective 11th December 2022.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
A flight-deck design quirk is causing Airbus A220 pilots to inadvertently engage the autopilot instead of the auto throttle.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The European Union’s (EU) aviation and rail regulators will increasingly cooperate following a new agreement between them.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
The recent China Air Show in Zhuhai was used as the platform for the certification announcements, giving them the visibility the Chinese administration intended
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Operators of Rolls Royce Trent 800-powered Boeing 777s face mandatory fuel pump removals to correct an issue linked to thrust-loss incidents, EASA said.
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