Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bradley Perrett, Adrian Schofield, Helen Massy-Beresford
China has closed all airports in Hubei, the central province worst hit by a contagious and deadly virus emanating from its capital, Wuhan.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
We provide answers to some of the key questions about the UK’s looming exit from the EU.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne, Guy Norris
LOS ANGELES – Investigators have begun to probe the crash of a Sikorsky S-76 that killed former basketball player Kobe Bryant and eight others. The
Business Aviation

By Steve Trimble
A proposed start-up wet-lease and charter airline based in Florida has to answer several pending questions before the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will complete a review on whether to award a new air operator certificate.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Apache Aviation, a flying school based in Dijon, France, is enjoying brisk demand for its new advanced upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) module, after EASA mandated such pilot instruction in December 2019.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick
Most in industry and government see high-level, multinational efforts as a pipe dream, leaving airlines to fend for themselves.
Air Transport

Mark Zee
Iran’s acknowledgment that it shot down PS752 removes that doubt and painfully validates our 5.5 years of work on airspace risk awareness, but it also makes clear that this work was not enough to prevent a repeat tragedy. It is now evident that governments must play a more active role in preventing airlines from flying in conflict zones.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The European Commission (EC) has again stopped the clock in the ongoing investigation of the proposed commercial aircraft joint venture between Boeing and Embraer, while key airlines and lessors now favor the transaction.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
A Lockheed Martin C-130 air tanker has crashed in Australia during a firefighting mission, killing all three crewmembers on board.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
With a global offsetting scheme confirmed as the near-term mechanism for capping growth in carbon emissions from international flights, the aviation
Sustainability

By Bill Carey
Boeing’s new recommendation that 737 MAX pilots undergo simulator training before they return to flying the airliner justifies recent moves by major
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
New draft regulations from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) would limit emotional service animals to dogs, ending a controversial loophole that caused headaches for carriers and passengers over the last several years.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Europe’s pilots’ unions, represented by blanket body the European Cockpit Association (ECA), have called for risk-analysis sharing after Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752 was shot down Jan. 8 in Iran, killing everyone on board.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
New documents reveal conscious efforts to streamline MAX certification, training, despite signs of risk.
Air Transport

By Karen Walker
Almost five years after the July 2014 shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 by a missile over Ukraine, IATA’s safety chief lamented the lack
Air Transport

By Polina Montag-Girmes
The Civil Aviation Committee (CAC) of Kazakhstan has rejected an appeal by Bek Air, which called the suspension of the airline’s air operator’s certificate (AOC) illegal after its Fokker 100 crash at Almaty Dec. 27, 2019.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Kopter is advancing development of its single-engine SH09 in Sicily.
Program Management

By Tony Osborne
When airliners fail to communicate, fighters are launched—at a significant cost.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Confusing local terminology contributed to a pair of identical incidents in which easyJet crews used thrust settings that were too low because their departure performance data calculations used the wrong runway takeoff points, a UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report said. The incidents, which highlight the larger issue of takeoff-performance error risks, has led to changes at the airport.
Air Transport

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority is tasked with ensuring the development of a safe, reliable and modern air transport sector – but now new moves are also afoot in the country, as Kaleyesus Bekele found out when he spoke to ECAA director general, Colonel Wossenyeleh Hunegnaw.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA’s certification process is not fundamentally flawed and “was followed” during the Boeing 737 MAX certification, but shortcomings in key guidance, global perspective, safety assessments, and agency staffing should be addressed to improve the system, an independent committee’s report found.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
The airport slot system in Europe is overdue for a comprehensive overhaul, according to Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe).
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
French startup offers new tool for instructors, as trend emerges for data analysis and eye tracking in pilot training.
Air Transport

Phil Binks
Lessons from manned aviation and new technologies can help build a road map to ensure safe operation of unmanned aircraft.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
The European Commission extended the provisional deadline for its in-depth review of the proposed commercial joint venture (JV) between Boeing and Embraer until Apr. 30, further delaying its potential approval for the deal, most recently seen to be closing at the end of the first quarter.
Air Transport