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.
Starting Sept. 1, Singapore will allow general travel from Brunei and New Zealand, lifting quarantine requirements for arrivals from those two countries at the island-state.
The UK has added Portugal to a safe list of “travel corridors,” exempting arrivals from a 14-day quarantine, but removed Austria and Croatia in the latest update to British COVID-19-related travel restrictions.
Apollo Air Service has begun operating charter helicopter flights from England’s Cambridge City Airport, in a partnership both operator and airfield see as important for growth.
Qatar Airways, a five-star oneworld alliance airline, was among the first to operate all-cargo flights on passenger aircraft in the pandemic, as well as being among the first to restart routes and introduce additional hygiene measures on aircraft, including using ultraviolet cleaning and requiring face shields as well as masks.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved a request from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to reinstate flights to Birmingham (BHX) and Manchester (MAN) on board aircraft chartered from Hi Fly.
When the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released its first “Insider Threat Roadmap” back in May, ramifications of the novel coronavirus pandemic did not figure prominently in the document’s development.
The UAE is creating a new legal framework for the integration of unmanned air vehicles into its air traffic, in what it says is the first such system in the world.
Korean LCC Eastar Jet is purportedly holding discussions with potential investors as the grounded carrier searches for a financial lifeline to restore its operations.
Ask the Editors: Aviation in Argentina and across almost all of Latin America is in critical condition. Governments have provided little-to-no financial aid for airlines.
The latest U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) tweaks to U.S. trade penalties against Europe satisfy nobody but at least do not further flame tensions between the two sides as they continue to quasi-negotiate a way out of their large commercial aircraft subsidy dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Airports Council International (ACI) World has published a “playbook” aimed at providing a simple summary of new airport security-focused guidance for mitigating risks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the association said Aug. 13.
For three months between Aug. 15 and Oct. 15, transit service at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) will resume for passengers traveling inbound from mainland China, but not for outbound flights to mainland Chinese airports.
Europe’s Airbus A350-900 operators must conduct inspections at 2,300 flight cycles or within 50 cycles for engines that have hit the threshold for cracks in the intermediate pressure (IP) compressor blade roots, a draft EASA airworthiness directive said.
Two fatal airliner crashes this year are a sober reminder that commercial air travel safety is not all about reducing virus transmission; the pre-pandemic industry definition of safety first remains true.
