Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airlines and airports must implement more robust crisis management and traffic management programs and systems.

A South Korean auditor has determined that a concrete structure that contributed to the fatal 2024 Jeju Air Boeing 737 crash at Muan International Airport was only built as a cost-saving measure.

Airlines in Brazil are unsure of how they will comply with the government’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate that takes effect in 2027.

Congress and industry agree that ADS-B “In” is needed, but equipage requirements and operational scope remain open for discussion.

Cabo Verde Airlines plans to relaunch service to the U.S. with flights to Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport.

LCC Transavia has four Middle East destinations currently suspended along with a decline in bookings to neighboring countries like Cyprus, Egypt and Turkey.

Boeing has paused 737 MAX deliveries while it assesses the scope of wiring damage on an undetermined number of aircraft and fixes the ones that have not gone to customers.

IATA has called for greater oversight of Australian airports following the release of a new report by the country’s competition watchdog.

LATAM Airlines Brazil’s CEO believes Brazil could become one of the world’s most competitive producers of SAF.

Three aviation bodies have called for tougher legal deterrents against protesters who breach airport perimeters to disrupt operations or damage aircraft.

Airlines and lessors are scrambling to assess and begin to manage the steep rise in the oil price over the past week following the U.S./Israel attack on Iran.

The bottom-line numbers may not clearly show it, but 2025 was a rough one for aviation safety.

The Brazilian aviation market has significant growth potential but remains constrained by structural challenges, according to John Rodgerson, CEO of Azul.

Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways plans to begin operating flights from Qaisumah Airport in Hafar Al Batin, located in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.

Air India is operating extra flights to Europe and the U.S. due to the Iran war, and IndiGo is facing additional detours as it resumes its European service.

But questions remain over whether Kristi Noem moved too fast in implementing the changes.

The FAA and India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation have announced a new cooperation with OEMs to simplify procedures.

It is futile to try to predict unpredictable events—that is why they are called unpredictable—but there are clues to what could go wrong.

Flights across the Gulf and surrounding regions remained heavily affected by the ongoing conflict in the region.

French air accident bureau BEA has released its final report on the tailstrike of an Air Calédonie-operated ATR 72-200 at Ouvéa-Ouloup Airport in December 2024.

The manufacturers are wrapping up a software update that is intended to reduce the risk of smoke in the cabin following engine failures.

After making progress with air traffic control procedures for fuel-saving formation flights, Airbus is transitioning fello’fly project work to the flight deck.

The Kenyan government has reopened bidding for the modernization of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi.

An Iranian drone has damaged Nakhchivan International Airport in Azerbaijan in the latest blow to commercial aviation from the escalating Middle East conflict.

American Airlines regional subsidiary Envoy Air has been granted temporary authority to operate scheduled passenger flights between the U.S. and Venezuela.