China has issued visas to NTSB investigators and U.S.-based technical advisors representing other key stakeholders, clearing the way for them to travel to the country and join the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 accident investigation.
FAA’s fiscal 2023 baseline budget request of $18.6 billion includes $17.5 million to support aircraft certification reform mandates, including funds for adding more than 50 positions.
The FAA appointed Billy Nolen, leader of the agency’s aviation safety unit, as its next acting administrator, taking over after the departure of current Administrator Steve Dickson at the end of March.
As the EU enforces sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s air transport industry has new problems to solve, ranging from the financial health of its carriers to air traffic management and a post-war relationship with Russia.
The Hong Kong government has taken another step toward reducing COVID-19 travel restrictions for airlines, prompting Cathay Pacific to incrementally boost its schedule.
Dubai International (DXB) is to overhaul its air traffic management (ATM) system with the introduction of Thales TopSky air traffic control system(ATC). The new air traffic control system will support the Northern Emirates airspace where Dubai is the key driver for air traffic growth and volumes.
Rescuers recovered China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735’s flight data recorder March 27, and investigators are encouraged that damage to the unit will not prevent it from yielding valuable clues that will help explain what brought the aircraft down.
The CEOs of the largest U.S. airlines called on President Joe Biden to remove the federal mask mandate for commercial air travel, which they said is “no longer aligned with the reality” of the current epidemiological situation.
Chinese investigators late March 24 were working to extract information from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recovered from the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 accident site while the search for the flight data recorder (FDR) and other pieces of evidence continues.
By Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Richard Aboulafia
Aviation Week editors and guest Richard Aboulafia delve into the implications of this week’s tragic 737-800 crash in China and where the investigation stands.
Former Boeing 737 MAX Chief Technical Pilot Mark Forkner did not intentionally deceive the FAA about the aircraft’s flight control system, a jury determined March 23, clearing him of criminal charges of four counts of wire fraud brought by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ).
The Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) Airbus A320 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft has attained EASA supplemental type certificate, around three months after the aircraft conducted its first flight.
A material defect affecting PW1100G-JM-series high pressure turbine disks linked to a March 2020 uncontained engine failure may be more widespread than originally believed, prompting the FAA to propose mandating inspections recommended by Pratt & Whitney.
Aircraft operators and manufacturers tend to funnel their investments into two general categories: things that will make them more money than they spend, and things they are required to do because of regulatory mandates.
Rescue personnel have recovered one of two flight recorders belonging to the ill-fated China Eastern flight MU5735, two days after the Boeing 737-800 crashed into mountains in southern China.
