South Korea’s aviation regulator has decided it will not revoke the license of LCC Jin Air because of violations of citizenship rules, but some restrictions will still be applied to the carrier.
A XiamenAir Boeing 737-800 suffered damage to its landing gear and engine after it overran the runway at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Aug. 16.
A ground-handling incident led to “serious damage” to the wing of a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER at Rome’s Fiumicino airport Aug. 15, according to the Flight Safety Foundation’s Aviation Safety Network (ASN).
The Rwandan CAA and IATA have agreed to cooperate on safety, as part of a wider African drive to get all airlines on the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) register.
A coalition of 30 organizations representing a cross-section of the US aviation industry is appealing the leadership of the US Senate to move expeditiously to consider legislation for a long-term reauthorization of the FAA, before current authorization for the agency expires on Sept. 30.
The dramatic demand to train a new generation of pilots is boosting Montreal-based flight-simulator manufacturer CAE’s bottom line and setting the company for sustained growth, executives said Aug. 14 while unveiling the latest quarterly results and forecast for its 2019 financial year started April 1.
An FAA-sponsored working group has recommended the US agency develop guidance requiring demonstrations that aircraft can be controlled when an engine suddenly loses thrust during the low-speed portion of a takeoff run, as well as training recommendations for pilots on how to respond to the rare but potentially tricky events.
The flight data recorder and “components” of the cockpit voice recorder were recovered from the stolen Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 turboprop that crashed in the southern Puget Sound on Aug. 10, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced.
The pilot representative on Air France KLM’s board of directors has spoken out against the possibility of the group choosing Air Canada’s passenger airlines president and COO as its next chief executive, saying a French candidate with international experience would better suit the group.
Afghanistan can provide full surveillance of its airspace now that a multi-lateration system at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul has been restored, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is leading the inquiry into how a Horizon Air ground service agent—apparently with no flying experience—was able to steal one of the carrier’s turboprops, take off from a major airport and fly for more than an hour before crashing.
Emirates is firing up its ovens for Thanksgiving celebrations on board and on the ground. The airline will offer customers special holiday menus across all classes on flights between Dubai and the US and in the respective airport lounges.
Ryanair canceled around 400 flights in Europe, most of them in Germany, as pilots in five countries staged strikes as long-running tensions between the Irish LCC and its workforce come to a head.
The Italian government is considering involving national railway company Ferrovie dello Stato and public investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti in plans to keep the bankrupt Alitalia in Italian hands, local media has reported.
The European Union (EU) has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to confirm that it is complying with WTO rulings on subsidies to Airbus, in the latest step in a 14-year-old dispute between the US and the EU over alleged subsidies to Airbus and Boeing.
Ryanair’s German pilots, represented by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, have called for a 24-hour strike Aug. 10, becoming the latest European pilot union to announce strike action.
The Israel Airport Authority has opened a cyber defense center at Ben Gurion International Airport following a dramatic increase in the number of cyberattacks on airport systems.
Edmonton, Canada police are investigating a near miss involving an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, and a WestJet Encore Q400 twin turboprop on approach to Edmonton International Airport July 31.
A coalition of aviation stakeholders is urging the leadership of the US Senate Commerce Committee to refrain from attaching additional amendments regulating aircraft noise to the chamber’s version of the FAA reauthorization bill.
ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu concluded the UN aviation agency’s 2018 ‘AFI Week’ series of events last month, reaffirming that the continent has now established the necessary partnership and policy foundations to help African States realise the full socioeconomic potential of future air transport growth.
