The UK government has committed a further £3.7 million ($5 million) to airspace reform, in addition to the £5.5 million that was granted in March 2021.
The UK government has announced that international passengers arriving into England will no longer be required to perform mandatory COVID-19 tests, provided they are fully vaccinated.
A NASA-funded team is working to connect airborne and cloud-based flight management systems to enable better real-time trajectory optimization and airspace management for advanced air mobility and commercial aviation.
A group of European airlines and airports has called for changes to the European Commission’s “Fit for 55” emissions reduction legislation package, saying that the rules as they stand risk making them less competitive compared to their non-EU rivals.
The move by the U.S. Transportation Department is a direct response to the Civil Aviation Administration of China forcing the temporary suspension of a number of routes to China operated by U.S. airlines.
The first pilot flight in Africa, operated by the national company EgyptAir, took off this morning from Cairo International Airport, with “environmentally friendly” services and products onboard.
The UK government is being advised to amend air transport regulations to allow subsidized routes between UK regions, rather than requiring them to touch London, as at present, according to a new report.
The U.S. Justice Department has indicted four Belarusian government officials that it says were instrumental in the May 2021 diversion of a Ryanair flight that resulted in the arrest of two dissidents.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is throwing its weight behind calls by the airline industry for an end to pandemic-era travel restrictions, saying they should be lifted or eased because “they do not provide added value and contribute to economic and social stress.”
The aviation and telecommunications industries need a “stronger, more systemic” means of collaboration to prevent conflicts over potential interference from new 5G wireless networks, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said.
Swiss startup Daedalean has closed a $58 million financing round that will provide the funds needed to bring its machine-leaning-based visual guidance, navigation and control suite to market over the next four years.
AJW Group, an independent aircraft component parts, repair and supply chain solutions provider, and Honeywell, have announced a worldwide sole distributor agreement.
AT&T and Verizon Wireless have agreed to limit deployment of their new 5G C-band services around some of the busiest U.S. commercial airports, acquiescing to a last-minute plea by major airlines so that aviation stakeholders can further quantify potential safety risks to radio altimeters and related systems.
An ICAO fact-finding report into the incident that saw a Ryanair flight forced to land in Belarus in May 2021 is set to be considered by the agency’s 36-nation Council on Jan. 31.
Many of the radio altimeters currently installed on aircraft likely will have to be retrofitted with filters or replaced to protect against potential 5G interference, experts say.
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) is not ruling out countermeasures following the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) forcing the temporary suspension of a number of routes to China operated by major U.S. airlines—an action DOT says runs afoul of the bilateral air transport agreement between the two countries.
The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee said it needs another year before it can deliver the final report on the fatal Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 accident.
By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
As the aerospace industry learns to live with COVID, it faces other big challenges from a stressed supply chain to geopolitical disruptions. Listen in as our editors discuss.
