Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Corrosion from prolonged exposure to salty air set the stage for a part to crack and trigger a recent inflight engine shutdown on a Bombardier CRJ-1000, an FAA airworthiness directive confirms.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
The carrier has halted flights to the West African country due to an ongoing dispute between the civil aviation authorities of Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has announced that the suspension of most flights will be extended until midnight on Jan. 31, 2022.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European airlines have criticized a lack of progress on the Single European Sky, warning that the delay could undermine the industry’s long-term sustainability targets.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
A group of Democratic lawmakers from the U.S. House and Senate introduced a bill that seeks to regulate airline ancillary fees that are judged to be “not reasonable or proportional” to the cost of the services provided.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation and Spirit AeroSystems are suspending the deadline for employees to comply with a federal vaccination mandate for federal contractors following the Dec. 7 decision by the U.S. District Court in Georgia to temporarily halt President Joe Biden’s order.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Etihad Airways, the title sponsor of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, has unveiled its 2021 Formula 1 uniform, ahead of the final race of the season.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
A coalition of aviation industry groups is calling for further delay of 5G network deployments by telecommunications companies, warning of the potential of “significant disruptions” to passenger, cargo and special-mission helicopter flights over interference concerns.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
In their long and winding road to modernization, European players in air traffic management have made progress toward a more efficient use of airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The proposed airworthiness directive (PAD) is to ensure affected aircraft do not have two production-quality problems that, when subjected to an intense lightning strike, could create a fuel tank vapor ignition source.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA is calling for governments to swiftly remove the latest travel restrictions imposed in response to the omicron coronavirus variant, saying the measures do not have an impact on virus transmission.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Etihad Guest has introduced a series of sustainability-focused initiatives to reward members for making ‘green’ choices.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
The Biden administration is skeptical about the benefits of immunized joint ventures (JVs), but even it will be hard-pressed to deny the merits of the proposed tie-up between Allegiant Air and Viva Aerobus.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
The FAA on Dec. 7 released airworthiness directives (AD) requiring operators of helicopters and passenger-carrying airplanes to prohibit certain operations requiring radio altimeter (RadAlt) data when in the presence of 5G wireless transmissions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
The move signals Oman’s ambition of a more liberalized air traffic accord with the 27 member states.
Airports & Networks

Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with CarTrawler launching car hire and transfer services for its passengers globally.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

In the finale of its UAE 50th Anniversary celebrations, Etihad Airways has launched the third and final video in its ‘Hosting the World’ campaign, celebrating the UAE’s fashion scene.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
NTSB is standing by its determination that a latent technical fault was the primary factor in the 2019 runway overrun of a PenAir Saab 2000 in Alaska.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has completed assembly of the first A321XLR flight-test aircraft, as the manufacturer prepares for the flight-test campaign to start in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Daniel Williams
The FAA has finalized an inspection plan for a subset of Boeing 787s produced from 2013-2017 that may have improper shimming in several areas.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The EU plans to impose new sanctions on Belarussian airline Belavia as a result of its role in flying migrants to Europe who subsequently tried to enter the EU illegally.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Diamond Aircraft has achieved two major EASA and FAA certification milestones.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren, Sean Broderick
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) outlining aircraft-specific parameters for returning the Boeing 737 MAX to service, essentially mandating the same series of measures required by its U.S. counterparts and, in one case, European and Canadian regulators.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Satellite communications network developer OneWeb unveiled a joint development agreement with engineering company GDC Advanced Technology to certify new aviation terminals for OneWeb’s future low earth orbit (LEO) constellation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon), the longtime Democratic leader of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2022, capping off a 36-year legislative career that saw him emerge as a leader in Congress on aviation issues.
Safety, Ops & Regulation