Safety, Ops & Regulation

The air transport industry will enter the new decade with the ongoing consequences of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes

Worried that poor profit margins could compromise LCC safety standards, the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) told Thai media that it will be ramping up safety inspections on airlines, especially LCCs.

The world met in Madrid in December at the United Nations COP25 summit to discuss climate change and emissions reduction. Given the sharply increased

From environmental pressures to transformational technologies, significant changes lie ahead for the aerospace and defense industry.

Changes will go beyond MAX training curriculum

The year 2020 will see important milestones for the aviation industry for several reasons.

The commercial aviation industry in the Latin America-Caribbean region heads into 2020 in a state of flux.

United Airlines has been lobbying the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to delay signing off on proposed codeshare operations between Philippine Airlines (PAL) and PAL Express while the department reviews access issues for U.S. carriers at Manila’s main airport.

MAX approval process shows signs of new approaches

As numerous airline collapses demonstrate, high costs and macroeconomic uncertainty are making life difficult for the sector.

Economic and political uncertainty clouds outlook but air cargo operators look to growth sectors

Nomad Technic has installed an ADS-B Out system on a Bombardier Challenger 850 business jet.

Drone traffic management system developer Altitude Angel on Dec. 12 announced a contract from Dutch air navigation service provider LVNL to provide an unmanned aircraft systems traffic management (UTM) platform for the Netherlands.

LONDON HEATHROW handled record 6.2m pax in November 2019, up 2% vs November 2018; cargo fell 8.6% to 134,328 tonnes and movements fell 0.1%.

Johnson now can push through his vision of Brexit on Jan. 31, 2020 ending Parliamentary and legal deadlock.

Lockheed tests ground-launched long-range missile; Japan to keep making F-35s; Space Fence nears start of ops; NATO training center opens

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directives (ADs) 2016-01-16, 2017-19-03, and 2018-19-05, which applied to Dassault Aviation Model Mystere-Falcon 900 airplanes.

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson suggested Boeing improve the “quality and timeliness” of information it is providing the agency to support getting the 737 MAX back into service, part of a larger message that Boeing’s efforts should focus on meeting regulatory demands, not influencing the process.

FAA is considering expanding its use of space-based surveillance to track aircraft and maintain separations in oceanic airspace beyond an operational trial slated to begin in the Caribbean region in March 2020.

FAA administrator Steve Dickson suggested Boeing improve the “quality and timeliness” of information it is providing the agency to support getting the 737 MAX back into service, part of a larger message that Boeing’s efforts should focus on meeting regulatory demands, not influencing the process.

Delta Air Lines pilots are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to place conditions on the carrier’s proposed transborder joint venture (JV) with Calgary-based WestJet, expressing concerns about how Delta has divided flying opportunities under its immunized alliance with Virgin Atlantic.

Delta Air Lines pilots are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to place conditions on the carrier’s proposed transborder joint venture (JV) with Calgary-based WestJet, expressing concerns about how Delta has divided flying opportunities under its immunized alliance with Virgin Atlantic.

Delta Air Lines pilots are urging the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to place conditions on the carrier’s proposed transborder joint venture (JV) with Calgary-based WestJet, expressing concerns about how Delta has divided flying opportunities under its immunized alliance with Virgin Atlantic.

Southwest Airlines will share $125 million with employees as part of a deal struck with Boeing that covers part of what the airline is losing because of the 737 MAX groundings, the carrier said Dec. 12.

Budapest-based LCC Wizz Air unveiled plans Thursday to create a new Abu Dhabi-based airline in partnership with Abu Dhabi development holding company PJSC.