Cathay Pacific said it will fly a “skeleton passenger flight schedule” in January and has cancelled all cargo flights through at least Jan. 6 due to new regulations in Hong Kong.
Technical cooperation in aviation affairs between the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) will be strengthened following the signing of an agreement between the two sides.
Behind the scenes of the aviation and telecommunications industries’ clash over 5G wireless transmissions, aviation standards organization RTCA is developing performance specifications for a new generation of radio altimeters that would be hardened against 5G interference.
The FAA has codified new protocols that expand how proposed pilot training for new aircraft is evaluated during certification, issuing guidance based on procedures used during the Boeing 737 MAX’s re-approval effort that also satisfies a U.S. Congressional mandate.
Telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon have refused a high-level U.S. government appeal to delay activating new 5G wireless networks on Jan. 5 as scheduled, offering instead to draw temporary exclusion zones around certain airports to protect against the possibility of interference with aircraft radio altimeters.
Ethiopian Airlines plans to resume Boeing 737 MAX operations in early 2022, while Indonesia’s government has cleared the model to fly again in its airspace.
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) and Saudi Aramco’s King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) have signed a preliminary MoU for a strategic cooperation.
The FAA will soon release draft final rules that details return-to-service requirements for Pratt & Whitney-powered Boeing 777s, adopting Boeing-recommended nacelle modifications and new Pratt-developed fan blade inspection protocols.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has ordered the suspension of vaccinated travel lane (VTL) tickets into Singapore for a month, from Dec. 22 to Jan. 21, 2022.
Airbus and Boeing have thrown their support behind delaying the already pushed-back Jan. 5, 2022 rollout of 5G C-band transmissions in the U.S. while the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) consider a “safety proposal” developed by aviation stakeholders.
The spread of the omicron coronavirus variant has sparked the introduction of new restrictions, including tightened travel rules in many European countries, threatening airlines’ activities as the 2021 Christmas holiday travel season gets underway.
As research and technology work on single-pilot operations may crystallize in new commercial freighters and large business jets, removing one pilot from the cockpit should be done conservatively, a safety specialist says.
The U.S. Justice Department has unveiled an ongoing antitrust investigation into labor market allocation in the aerospace engineering market, revealing indictments against six executives who are alleged to have established an anti-poaching regime among their companies.
The FAA has awarded nearly $3 billion in funding for airport improvements, the first tranche of $15 billion to be distributed for the purpose over five years under the Biden administration’s infrastructure legislation.
Recent high-profile meltdowns were mainly caused by a reluctance of workers to pick up overtime shifts during periods of high stress such as bad weather events and IT system failures, the CEOs said.
Airlines and airports are lauding a decision by the European Commission (EC) to set a minimum slot usage threshold of 64% for the summer 2022 season, an increase on the current 50% and a step closer to the usual 80% minimum.
UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid has decided to remove all 11 countries from the UK COVID-19 travel red list now that the omicron coronavirus variant has become prevalent.
Chinese authorities' efforts to maintain the country's zero-COVID policy during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has been complicated after omicron cases were detected in two cities on Dec. 14.
Input from whistleblowers underscore the need for reform of FAA product certification oversight, with emphasis on ensuring company-employed experts working on behalf of the agency remain free of undue pressure.
