Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines is implementing additional measures to stabilize peak summer operations and to improve punctuality.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM has started proceedings to increase its 19.9% minority stake in Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to a 60.5% majority stake.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. House passed the revised Senate version of the budget reconciliation bill, including $12.5 billion in funding for new and upgraded ATC infrastructure.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Encouraging travelers to switch from short flights to rail journeys is regularly held up as an easy way to reduce emissions from transportation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed is just one “invaluable resource” for industry at Ohio’s Armstrong Test Facility.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
The FAA’s bottom-line conclusion from a series of evacuation trials is not supported by the tests, an expert panel found.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
American Airlines will receive its Airbus A321neos with the same advanced flight deck safety functions as its current A321 fleet, supplier Acron Aviation said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has been hit by a cyberattack that captured data from a system containing information on six million of its customers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A4E member airlines are now applying a guaranteed set of dimensions for the personal item of cabin baggage that passengers can bring onboard at no extra cost.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A report into the substation fire at Heathrow in March showed that moisture levels detected in 2018 likely caused the electrical fault that sparked the fire.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick, Bill Carey
With ATC modernization in sharp focus, listen in as editors and former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt dig back through our archives to discuss a midair collision in 1956.
Check 6

By Christine Boynton
The Competition Bureau is outlining steps for the Canadian government to take to strengthen domestic airline competition.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Both the House and Senate propose a $12.5 billion down payment on DOT Secretary Sean Duffy’s plan to modernize U.S. ATC infrastructure by the end of the decade.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is alerting the public to a cybercriminal group it says has a new target in its crosshairs: airlines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Eight countries have formed a coalition to advocate for expanded flight taxation globally.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A move to include a cabin bag as standard in ticket prices would also hit airline ancillary revenues.
Airlines & Lessors

William E. “Bill” Payne and David Hughes
Colorado’s digital tower concept to serve six ski-country airports could help reduce construction costs, lower FAA maintenance expenses and optimize staffing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The FAA intends to launch a service-based aeronautical notification test system in July.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Severe weather at its Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) hub has required Delta Air Lines to inspect just over 100 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition from American Airlines to review a decision that shuttered its Northeast Alliance (NEA) with JetBlue Airways.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Germany’s competition authority the Bundeskartellamt has cleared plans by Lufthansa Group to acquire a minority stake in Latvia-based airline airBaltic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Oman Air has joined Oneworld in a move that will expand the Omani flag carrier’s reach and bring the alliance’s membership to 15 airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Hawaiian Airlines is continuing to work through a cybersecurity incident affecting certain information technology (IT) systems.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems are in advanced stages of developing a design change that will add a layer of safety to 737-9 and 737-900ER door plugs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Trump's executive orders mark a key opportunity to establish U.S. leadership in a critical technology with important economic and national security implications.
Advanced Air Mobility