Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The head of the AASA has called for more efforts from South Africa’s ATNS to remedy severe ongoing problems affecting the country’s domestic air network.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The Lithuanian government plans to shoot down large balloons encroaching on its airspace from neighboring Belarus.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Lee Ann Shay
The FAA has granted parts manufacturer approval to Chromalloy’s CFM56 high-pressure turbine stage 1 blade.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation organizations are assessing the needs of the island and sending supplies after Hurricane Melissa smacked Jamaica with a Category 5 storm.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Industry representatives are condemning a proposed law in Brazil that would prohibit airlines from charging for seat selections.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
The ongoing US government shutdown is putting aviation safety at risk as air traffic controllers and TSA staff work unpaid.
Air Transport

Waldo Cerdan
The interim report on the June 12 Air India flight AI171 crash should have clarified the sequence of events that led to such tragedy.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Singapore Sustainable Aviation Fuel Company (SAFCo) will centrally procure sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for Changi Airport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Thai SmartLynx has received its Thai AOC, becoming Thailand's first airline to operate under the ACMI model.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing confirms it will need all of 2026 to complete the 777-9’s FAA type certification program, pushing projected first deliveries of the widebody into 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines will now operate under a single operating certificate (SOC), clearing a major regulatory hurdle in their ongoing merger integration process.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus is reminding crew members of the basics for good use and noting imperfections in training for portable breathing equipment (PBE).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Pilling
Rwanda hosted Aviation Africa for the third time, as the event showcased not only the continent’s immense potential for aviation development, but how it is advancing on many fronts today.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EASA's first annual report into the uptake and development of SAF in Europe highlights just how much of the road to reducing aviation emissions remains ahead.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
The French accident investigation bureau is focusing on infrastructure and procedures at the Nice airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
Yakovlev flew the second prototype of the so-called import-substituted MC-21-310 narrowbody airliner from its facility in Irkutsk, Russia, on Oct. 28.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
President Javier Milei administration’s reforms in the country’s aviation sector remain intact, for now.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Violent regional conflicts, an unreliable supply chain and delayed aircraft are driving Emirates’ strategy to control or produce as much as possible in-house.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
UK regional carrier Eastern Airways has suspended operations, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) confirms.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Peaford
Nigeria’s Air Peace takes a major step with its inaugural first flight from Nigeria’s capital Abuja to London Heathrow.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
EASA flight standards director Jesper Rasmussen has outlined a “radical change” to the certification of new general and regional aviation aircraft technologies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesian and Turkish aviation regulators have concluded consultations that could expand the existing air services agreement between the two countries.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Authorities have recovered most of the AirACT 747-400 converted freighter that overran the runway at Hong Kong International Airport in the early hours of Oct. 20, leaving two ground personnel dead.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Alaska Air Group said a failure at its primary data center was behind a systemwide ground stop of Alaska and Horizon Air flights that lasted several hours.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Austrian Airlines’ will resume Vienna–Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport service; more destinations in Iran and possibly Syria are being considered.
Airlines & Lessors