Safety, Ops & Regulation

Eurocontrol said Aireon data will help the agency improve predictability, capacity and environmental impacts while supporting sustainable air traffic growth throughout the European region.

FAA certification was anticipated by the end of 2019 but has not occurred yet.

Air France and KLM are taking steps to cut back on discretionary costs in a bid to offset the expected impact of the COVID-19 virus on their operations.

Air transport across the Middle East received another coronavirus-related blow Feb. 27 when Saudi Arabia imposed a ban on all foreign pilgrims from entering the country.

A key leader on civil aviation issues in the U.S. House introduced legislation Feb. 26 that would require the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to study, track and assess the sector’s efforts toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

The next three months could be decisive in the 16-year World Trade Organization dispute between Airbus and Boeing.

A proposed law targeting changes in U.S. aircraft certification calls for tweaks to the FAA’s delegation system, but the bill’s more significant elements include adding operational data, such as minimum training requirements, to type certificates (TCs) and prohibiting aircraft sales to countries that do not pass the FAA’s international safety audit.

Flight restrictions touched off by COVID-19 are affecting belly capacity and could mean changes to freighter schedules and trade flows.

The EU mandate is less comprehensive than in the U.S. and will not be uniformly applied across the continent.

The FAA has amended pilot training and mentoring requirements for commercial air carriers to protect against incidents of “unprofessional” behavior and errors that could lead to accidents.

The European Commission (EC) has approved plans by the Romanian government to provide state-owned flag-carrier TAROM with a temporary loan of approximately €36.7 million ($39.9 million) to allow it to maintain services.

Average delays to flights in Europe eased in January, compared to the same month a year earlier, as traffic decreased 0.5%, Eurocontrol said in a Feb. 25 report.

As South Korea is struck by hundreds of new COVID-19 coronavirus infections, its airlines are trying to mitigate the effects.

AirAsia Group subsidiary Thai AirAsia (TAA) has received IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certification bringing the Malaysian group a step closer to having all its carriers IOSA certified.

Boeing announced Feb. 24 that former United Technologies CFO Akhil Johri and current Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf will join its board of directors.

The effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak are severe, manifold, complex and could be catastrophic for some airlines.

The Bombardier Safety Standdown became an internal success and in 1999 the company opened it to outside flight departments whereupon it grew into an industry-wide model.

Las Vegas-based tour operator,Maverick Helicopters a has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters to retrofit its fleet of 34 EC130 B4s with the Airbus Crash Resistant Fuel System.

Germany-based insurance company Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has found that bird strikes are a notable contributor of aviation collision/crash incidents, after analyzing more than 50,000 claims.

The global airline industry is introducing initiatives to reduce aviation's impact on the environment.

Bombardier’s retreat shows why governments should seed technology development and let industry carry the risk of creating new products.

Undoing Boeing’s stockpile of roughly 900 grounded, parked and partially built MAXs and recoordinating its supply chain could take years.

Report finds US regulatory agency’s certification processes are sound, but there is room for improvement.

Lee Moak (co-chair): Moak is founder and CEO of Washington DC-based consultancy and advocacy company The Moak Group. A former US Marine Corps and Navy

In a breakthrough use of computer vision, Airbus makes swift progress in its autonomous takeoff-and-landing project.