Safety, Ops & Regulation

Harmonization of the differing European and U.S. approaches to regulating electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft is advancing somewhat, but there are concerns over the lack of information on China’s approach to approving the new class of aircraft.

U.S. House transportation committee leaders plan to dig into production-quality issues that have held up deliveries of Boeing 787s and 737 MAXs and have grounded part of the 737 MAX fleet.

The coalition of two-dozen organizations representing a broad cross-section of the aviation industry called on U.S. lawmakers to help decarbonize air travel as part of a broad infrastructure spending package now under consideration on Capitol Hill.

It’s a sign that the air transport industry is returning to some kind of normal when US lawmakers and union leaders are once again joining hands to

Even so, heavy restrictions remain in place and very few air links are actually operating in practice.

The agreement lays out how aircraft design certification and production procedures will work now that the UK has exited the EU (Brexit).

An immediately effective airworthiness directive (AD) set for publication May 18 will require operators of U.S.-registered 737 Classics to run a specific test to detect failure of a flap synchro wire.

The airline is one of many in Southeast Asia that are undertaking restructuring efforts and streamlining their fleets.

The electrical issues and related grounding halted momentum that the 737 MAX program was gaining following its return to service in most regions.

European airspace users have complained over what they describe as weaker performance targets imposed on air navigation service providers (ANSPs).

The end appears to be in sight for the Atlantic’s Organized Track System as airlines turn to environmentally op-timized routes.

A coalition of nearly two-dozen CEOs from across the travel and tourism industry called on President Joe Biden to take steps to restart air travel between the U.S. and the UK.

A bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers introduced a bill that would prevent the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) from issuing foreign air carrier permits to so-called “flag-of-convenience” carriers, reviving a multi-year effort to restrict foreign LCCs from operating in the transatlantic market.

After several OEMs exited the regional market, dominant airframers Embraer and ATR are devising new strategies.

Regulators, manufacturers and maintenance providers are revamping engine biocide treatment protocols in the wake of a serious incident that forced an emergency landing of an Airbus A321 at London Gatwick in 2020.

While the Australia-New Zealand travel bubble is the first in the Asia-Pacific region, demand has been slow to rebound.

Miami International Airport on May 6 announced its selection by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to serve as a test site for drone detection technologies.

ACC Aviation, which has offices in five global continents, reports an upsurge in consultancy work in Africa.

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London City Airport flight operations are now being directed from 70 mi. away.

A broad coalition of manufacturers, trade groups and travel organizations are pushing U.S. and UK leaders to re-open travel links between the two countries, while moves by pharmaceutical manufacturers to boost vaccine distribution are being lauded as much-needed steps to jump-start global air travel demand.

COVID-19 has pushed sustainability and emissions reduction higher up the aviation agenda–and highlighted the need for further action.

New Zealand has agreed to open a quarantine-free travel bubble with the Cook Islands, prompting Air New Zealand to ramp up flights to the popular leisure destination of Rarotonga.

Europe’s industry sees itself in a time crunch for sustainability, but budget negotiations on the Clean Sky follow-on program drag on.

The FAA’s mandate ordering electrical-bonding modifications to certain grounded Boeing 737 MAXs is out, but operators are still waiting on finalized