The UK government launched a consultation July 23 to explore the introduction of mandates that would require a certain percentage of fuel on board an airliner to be sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
A pair of federal lawmakers are seeking to bolster the security of cargo aircraft flight decks, part of an effort to address a longstanding safety loophole raised by pilots of freighter aircraft.
IATA sharply criticized the European Commission’s (EC) decision to set the continent’s minimum slot-use threshold at 50% for the 2022 winter season, slamming the move as “out-of-touch” with the harsh economic reality facing airlines.
The UK High Court has rejected a legal challenge against the government’s handling of COVID-19 travel restrictions, which called for greater transparency in how decisions are being reached.
Although international travel recovery remains a distant prospect, some Asia-Pacific countries are looking ahead and developing scenarios for reopening their borders.
The New Zealand government has announced it will suspend quarantine-free travel from Australia for eight weeks, effectively halting the two-way travel bubble between the two countries.
It is high time for ICAO to integrate climate concerns into its statutes, otherwise little progress can be expected at its next general meetings, the French air and space academy (AAE) says.
An initial project will create a digital twin of the UK’s airspace and then use machine learning to understand flight movements across the country in the hope of creating an AI system to support air traffic controllers.
After more than a year with one of the most restrictive travel regimes in place, Canada plans to open its borders to fully vaccinated travelers on Sept. 7.
U.S. President Joe Biden is saying his administration is in the process of working to lift travel bans and should have more definitive information to share in the coming days.
The Irish government has announced that starting July 19 it will allow non-essential international travel again as it introduces the EU Digital COVID Certificate, designed to facilitate flying within Europe.
The FAA has pulled the maintenance inspection authority of Rhoades Aviation, the certificate holder that operates Hawaii-based all-cargo carrier Transair, based on findings from a months-long probe into its operation.
In an immediately adopted airworthiness directive (AD) due out July 20, the agency will order Boeing 737 operators to inspect cabin altitude pressure switches more frequently.
A British Airways 787-8’s inadvertent nose-gear retraction at a London Heathrow gate last month was caused by an incorrectly placed pin during routine maintenance—a design-related risk that regulators flagged in an airworthiness directive that had not been implemented on the aircraft.
The FAA violated environmental law when it amended flight procedures for aircraft arriving at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) without environmental review, a federal appeals court has ruled.
