Working groups are evaluating a variety of solutions to some of the toughest issues in urban air mobility operations, including where the aircraft will operate and how they will enter and exit that airspace.
A coalition of UK airlines, airports and industry has unveiled interim decarbonization targets en route to meeting their commitment to net zero carbon by 2050.
Canada’s government will open its borders to vaccinated citizens and certain other eligible travelers starting July 5 but has not moved off quarantine requirements for foreign travelers or a broad recommendation against non-essential travel.
A coalition of airlines and labor groups called on the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) to enforce stiffer penalties against unruly airline passengers following a surge of inflight assaults against crewmembers in recent months.
The Hong Kong government intends to further ease entry requirements imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cutting quarantine periods down to a week for most vaccinated travelers.
Italian civil aviation authority ENAC, air navigation service provider ENAV and airport operator Aeroporti di Roma have signed a letter of intent to coordinate on services, technologies and infrastructure for advanced air mobility.
Green Africa, Nigeria’s Lagos-based value airline, in agreement with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has announced the delay of flight operations to July 2021.
U.S. lawmakers and space industry executives support a future FAA role in managing the increasing density of space debris and satellites in orbit, suggest remarks made during a hearing of the House Transportation aviation subcommittee.
Investigators working on ICAO’s probe into the forced-landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk are aiming to publish an interim report of their findings on the one-month anniversary of the incident.
The U.S. and UK have reached agreement to suspend tariffs on large civil aircraft, bringing to an end a long-running dispute over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus.
ICAO has published technical specifications for a “visible digital seal” (VDS), which is a barcode that can store validated coronavirus test results and COVID-19 vaccination certificates.
The EU and the U.S. have reached an “understanding” on a dispute over aircraft subsidies that has rumbled on for almost 17 years, agreeing to suspend tariffs for five years, government officials from both sides said June 15.
If presidents and prime ministers cannot conduct their business via Zoom, they should lift the travel rules they impose on their citizens but cannot comply with themselves.
Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme of Etihad Airways, has partnered with Air Arabia’s loyalty programme AirRewards, to allow members of both schemes to benefit from reciprocal points and miles transfers.
IATA chief Willie Walsh sharply criticized the UK prime minister and the U.S. president after hopes that they would announce a reopening of air travel between their countries this week failed to materialize.
Airlines are hoping the G7 summit in Cornwall, England, and the U.S./EU summit in Brussels will lead to North Atlantic travel corridors being put in place.
DFS air traffic controllers have taken advantage of depressed air traffic to trial better ways of working and are looking at going beyond the existing “remote tower” concept.
Before his retirement on June 30, NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt shares insights into some key things that would make the aviation industry safer—and how to do it.
