U.S. House lawmakers are calling on the FAA to preserve airspace safety and efficiency as it develops a regulation to simplify launch and reentry requirements for commercial space operators.
A Dornier 228 turboprop operated by Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) carrier Busy Bee Congo crashed soon after takeoff from Goma airport in eastern DRC, killing up to 27 people in the aircraft and on the ground.
Spirit AeroSystems professional and technical employees represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) have received an offer of a new, six-year contract.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued final approval for a grant of global antitrust immunity to the transatlantic joint venture (JV) between Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic and Air France-KLM.
Investigators have not pinpointed the cause of four Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine inlet cowling panel failures, but regulators and Rolls are confident that changes, including a new design and reduced in-service inspection intervals, have sufficiently mitigated risks.
Investigators were not able to pinpoint the cause of four Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine inlet cowling panel failures, but regulators and the manufacturer are confident that changes, including a new design and reduced in-service inspection intervals, have sufficiently mitigated risks.
The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure committee has requested that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General should launch an audit into FAA’s oversight of domestic aeronautical repair stations.
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Washington) will be among the chief authors of any new legislation to reform FAA’s aircraft certification process resulting from the various investigations into the Boeing 737 MAX.
British Airways (BA) passengers faced widespread delays throughout the airline’s network Nov. 21 as a technical problem led to cancellations and frustrated travelers.
The aviation industry is “too defensive” in the discussion on environment and sustainability, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said at the IATA Wings of Change event in Berlin.
Air Wisconsin pilots approved a new three-year contract on Nov. 21, ending a decade-long management dispute that the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) called “one of the longest-running conflicts” in the union’s history.
The UK government will provide 50% of the cost of a 30-month, £18 million ($23.3 million) demonstrator project to convert the nine-passenger Britten-Norman Islander to hybrid-electric propulsion for short-range flights such as inter-island routes.
As the air transport industry increases its focus on sustainability, Boeing is stepping up its ecoDemonstrator technology testbed program with flight tests of a specially modified 777-200ER.
The UK government will provide 50% of the cost of a 30-month, £18 million ($23.3 million) demonstrator project to convert the nine-passenger Britten-Normal Islander to hybrid-electric propulsion for short-range flights such as inter-island routes.
Aircraft tracking system provider Blue Sky Network on Nov. 20 announced FAA certification of its autonomous distress tracking (ADT) device on Boeing 737 airliners.
The Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP), responsible for managing air traffic from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, has started using space-based surveillance data from Aireon to track aircraft.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for Boeing to redesign engine fan cowls on 737 NG-series airliners after finding that a fragmented fan blade compromised the structure on Southwest Airlines flight 1380 in 2018, leading to the first fatality on a US passenger airline in nearly a decade.
The U.S. NTSB is recommending that Boeing redesign engine fan cowls on 737 NG-series airliners after finding that a fragmented fan blade compromised the structure on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 in 2018, leading to the first fatality on a U.S. passenger airline in nearly a decade.
A cohort of airline pilot unions lauded the Nov. 19 introduction of a bipartisan U.S. House bill that would bring rest and duty-time regulations for cargo pilots into line with their passenger-flying counterparts.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) praised the introduction of a bipartisan US House bill that would bring rest and duty-time regulations for cargo pilots into line with their passenger counterparts.
UK LCC easyJet became the first major airline to offset 100% of its network-wide flight emissions on Nov. 19, as well as announcing a new electric-aircraft partnership with Airbus, paving the way toward an all-electric or hybrid fleet in the longer-term.
