After such a long lull during the pandemic, it is important that operators review their procedures to make sure they are up-to-date and in compliance, as well as to ensure they have the latest authorizations.
India’s government has named Jyotiraditya Scindia as the new minister of civil aviation, who will oversee the sector during the post-pandemic recovery.
Over 100 states are now participating in ICAO’s CORSIA carbon-offsetting scheme, after 16 island and lesser-developed states volunteered to join the initiative.
Existing aeronautical standards are not adequate for certifying artificial intelligence (AI) with safety-critical systems, and new means of compliance will have to be developed, concludes a report jointly issued by standards developers SAE International and Eurocae.
In light of impending new European legislation covering emissions trading, renewable energy targets and CO2 limits, aviation industry players have demanded lawmakers set ambitious sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) targets.
The Indian government has decided to raise its cap on airline domestic operations, allowing Indian carriers to add back more capacity as demand increases.
As part of its annual Ramadan service, Emirates offers a specially curated meal served in ready-to-eat boxes to customers fasting during the holy month.
The NTSB is sending a team of seven investigators to determine the cause of the crash, which involved a 45-year-old airframe operated by Rhoades Aviation for Hawaii-based cargo carrier Transair.
The Australian government has revised its approach to COVID-19 border controls, reducing entry quotas in the short term but also laying out a phased roadmap to restoring international travel in the longer term.
Europe mandated that performance-based navigation should be the basis for every runway approach procedure by 2030 and the mandate is beginning to translate into meaningful changes.
New European commercial flight crew mental fitness rules took effect in February as a safety response to the 2015 Germanwings crash caused by a pilot suicide.
It has emerged that the Volocopter 2X was issued a permit to fly by French civil aviation authority DGAC after receiving approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) using recently released guidelines for the design verification of drones.
The five-year contract maintains Raytheon’s position as the systems integrator for STARS, which receives surveillance and flight-plan data and presents the information to controllers on high-resolution, color displays.
Etihad Airways has extended its ‘Verified To Fly’ travel document initiative, enabling travellers to validate their Covid-19 travel documents before arriving at the airport, to routes across its global network.
European airlines and airports have sent a joint plea to the EU to come up with a single method of processing passengers’ COVID-19 documentation, fearing chaos at airports if even a truncated summer holiday season materializes.
