Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
The German coalition government has decided on several measures aimed at reducing financial pressure on the air transport industry.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Aaron Karp
U.S. airports are making another push to convince the federal government to raise the passenger facility charge (PFC) cap, which has not changed for 25 years.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The U.S.-Mexico aviation dispute is intensifying, leading to route cancellations and new regulatory restrictions that may impact transborder markets.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Citing a “rapid decline in controller callouts,” U.S. transportation officials are freezing the level of flight reductions currently imposed on domestic airlines at 6%.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Aegean is marking two years since its cost structure was first affected by mandatory early inspections on the PW1000G GTF engines of its A320/321neo fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Mozambique has launched a public consultation period into the country’s Civil Aviation Master Plan for the next 20 years.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Laotian government has agreed to sell a 49% stake in Lao Airlines to China’s Comac.; the state will retain the remaining 51% share of the flag carrier.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

George Novak
Even as parts of government sit idle, the conversations between industry and regulators continue—the quiet work that keeps planes flying and commerce moving.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
An American Airlines 737-800 overrun at DFW in February 2024 has been traced back to maintenance errors during a brake system upgrade, an NTSB report reveals.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Garuda Indonesia’s fleet renewal ambitions have encountered a setback after sovereign wealth fund Danatara injected $1.41 billion into the carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
The EU’s investment in air traffic management is money well spent, a Sesar executive says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Converting options and securing leased aircraft will help Thai Airways rebuild its fleet.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Though the U.S. government shutdown appears to be nearing a resolution, the union representing air traffic controllers is wary of residual impacts.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA’s mandating of a MD-11 fleet grounding gives crash investigators time to establish plausible safety issues while eliminating the risk of a similar event
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Air traffic controllers make insufficient use of short written messages to communicate with pilots, despite the maturity of the technology, Eurocontrol says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The money the EU has spent on improving air traffic management via its SESAR project has limited delays and saved CO2 emissions, an exec from the project claims
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore has announced the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) levy that will apply to all departing flights from Singapore.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
The FAA is temporarily banning general and business aviation flights at 12 of the nation’s busiest airports.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive to inspect MD-11s. The move comes on the heels of a Boeing recommendation to ground the fleet.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Christine Boynton
U.S. airlines to canceling flights days in advance to implement cuts mandated by the FAA amid the political battle over the U.S government shutdown.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The left engine that came off the UPS MD-11 leading to its fatal crash Nov. 4 had most of its pylon attached when it separated, NTSB investigators determined.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
On Nov. 7, temporary flight reductions went into effect at 40 high traffic airports across the U.S.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Thierry Dubois
While European technology is widespread in air traffic management (ATM) worldwide, challengers may leapfrog it, leaders warned at a Eurocontrol conference.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
As the U.S. aviation system braces for escalating disruption, data shows tens of thousands of flights will be cut between Nov. 7 and Nov. 14 alone.
Airports & Networks

By Daniel Williams
Following the tragic MD-11F accident at Louisville, Kentucky, Flight Friday looks at flight cycles of the last tri-jet aircraft built for commercial service.
Aircraft & Propulsion