The air navigation service provider of Hong Kong will introduce satellite-based surveillance of aircraft in its flight information region beginning early next year, data provider Aireon announced Sept. 9.
The UK government will detail a five-year aviation recovery strategy this fall, including a consultation on air passenger duty (APD) and further considerations on slot reform.
The FAA has taken the next steps in standing up grant programs to help aspiring pilots, engineers and aviation maintenance technicians, outlining plans to begin collecting applications for the first round of grants in November.
The European Commission (EC) is hoping to rollout a simple color-coded map showing risk levels to overcome the current patchwork of COVID-19 travel restrictions and better-inform the traveling public.
The EU and China have brought into effect a new agreement aimed at harmonizing product approval regulations and enhancing safety in the civil aviation sector.
A study funded by the government of South Korea suggests that a passenger who is infected with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 but shows no symptoms can infect other passengers on the same flight.
Colombia appears poised to restart commercial aviation operations after shutting down the sector for roughly six months to combat the spread of COVID-19.
COVID-19-related travel restrictions between European countries, including Germany and the UK, are tightening up, as the novel coronavirus spread accelerates in the region and threatens a fragile recovery in air travel demand.
American Airlines became the first carrier to deploy a new surface-cleaning solution that is claimed to kill 99.99% of coronavirus cells for up to a week after it is sprayed, as airlines look to persuade the public that flying is safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The continuing U.S. effort to isolate Iranian airlines has expanded to two companies in the UAE being sanctioned for allegedly helping to supply Tehran-based Mahan Air.
Germany’s air transport association BDL warned returning to mandatory quarantine for passengers flying in from countries defined as high-risk in the current COVID-19 pandemic would cripple the recovery of air transport in the country.
When second-wave COVID-19 infections sprang up in New Zealand and Beijing, authorities turned their focus to cold storage goods that had arrived by air freight—suspicious that the coronavirus could have lingered on imports and later transmitted to humans through contact.
Mandates to ensure fuel systems are cleared of a Dupont-made fuel additive are expanding to Boeing 747-8s as well as 787s powered by General Electric (GE) engines.
The FAA has issued separate notices seeking information from industry on providing counter-unmanned aircraft systems technology for deployment at civilian airports and for testing capacity to determine the risk associated with a large jet engine ingesting a small drone.
FAA’s shift to emphasizing corrective actions over civil penalties for unintentional regulatory violations needs more centralized oversight and data analysis to determine its effectiveness, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the program shows.
