Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The ICAO Council has approved new criteria for sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs), eligible under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore has rolled out plans to open VTLs to five more countries: India, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has confirmed its partnership with Singapore Airlines (SIA) and government-linked investment company Temasek to launch a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) pilot program at Singapore Changi Airport by 2022.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
The revised system will be flight-tested on the 737-10 in 2022 and is likely to be rolled in as a retrofit to the MAX following certification of the stretched derivative which is planned for 2023.
Dubai Airshow

With Airbus lighting up the sky on Saturday night – they went one better by lighting up the Dubai Airshow on Sunday’s opening day with a massive 255 Airbus A321neo and A321XLR deal with the low cost carrier consortium Indigo Partners.
Aerospace

By Molly McMillin
Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has conducted a full-scale fuselage drop test using anthropomorphic test dummies and post-mortem human passengers inside a Challenger 601 fuselage to validate advanced virtual engineering models of the same test set-up.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Belarusian airline Belavia will deny boarding to citizens from Iraq, Syria and Yemen wishing to travel from Turkey to Belarus, the airline said Nov. 12.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
The buzz phrases are back; as travel restrictions lift and load factors start to look healthier, airlines and their IT suppliers are returning to talk about the “passenger experience,” “seamless travel” and the “digital journey.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Flynas has announced its latest flights expansion including the first ever direct international flights into AlUla International Airport.
Airports & Networks

EgyptAir has opened a new office in Doha, Qatar.
Aerospace

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The end-of-year peak season is highlighting the challenges the air cargo business has faced since early on in the pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore and Malaysia will reopen quarantine-free travel between the countries from Nov. 29 under the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) scheme.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
A series of errors contributed to the October 2019 overrun of a PenAir Saab 2000 at Alaska’s Unalaska Airport that killed one passenger.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
The U.S. lifted a pandemic travel ban on foreign arrivals Nov. 8, paving the way for a meaningful restart of international air travel that will restore a large chunk of missing revenues for legacy airlines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Gulf Air celebrates launch of its Boutique Charter Services.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
During the COVID-19 crisis, virtual control centers would have helped in adjusting resources to market needs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airlink will implement a programme involving training, new processes and supply chain interventions to identify and combat illicit wildlife trade.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The tightening of regulations may help Cathay Pacific regain cashflow by opening up the mainland border and targeting the faster-recovering Chinese market.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The 10-month trial covered a total of 209 aircraft trajectories during which crews were instructed to change altitude to avoid atmospheric conditions conductive to contrails.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA’s compliance with recently enacted aircraft certification reforms is progressing, the agency’s top official said, underscoring that required changes combined with other agency initiatives are changing how the regulator works with companies, notably Boeing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson is not anticipating “significant” agency staffing issues linked to workers not complying with a broader COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and reassured lawmakers that contingency plans are in place to handle potential disruptions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin alerting aviation manufacturers, operators and pilots to the potential adverse effects of new 5G wireless networks on radio altimeters.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Gulf Air has launched a private charter services under the title of “Boutique Charters”.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
A multi-part salvage operation has recovered the flight and cockpit voice recorder, engines, and major fuselage sections of the TransAir Boeing 737-200 freighter that ditched offshore near Honolulu in July, the NTSB said Nov. 2.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Qatar Airways has revamped its “Beyond Business” corporate rewards programme to offer benefits to more businesses.
Safety, Ops & Regulation