Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
The Russian government has added three cities to the list of subsidized routes to Simferopol, Crimea, bringing the total number of routes to 61.
Airports & Networks

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What once were primarily large shelters in which a variety of different operations, maintenance and support functions took place have now become highly sophisticated, well-conceived and carefully designed spaces. FBOs, MROs and private corporate aviation operations are demanding more.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Qatar Airways will offer business-class passengers complimentary laptop computers to use on US-bound flights starting next week.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) wants US President Donald Trump to exempt aviation safety and security rules from his administration’s new, so-called “two-for-one” deregulation effort.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will make iPads available for first- and business-class passengers to use on US-bound flights starting April 2.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The Managing Director of Uganda's Civil Aviation Authority, Wenceslaus Rama Makuza, has been dismissed over alleged performance issues, reports Hillary Muheebwa.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

IATA said the US and UK governments should “urgently find alternatives” to the carry-on electronics bans announced by both countries last week.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has criticized the US ban on large personal electronic items, saying it is unfair and not properly thought through.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Pilot error, controller oversight shortcomings and a potentially confusing or potentially dangerous autopilot mode are key takeaways from a preliminary report on the crash of an ACT Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter crash following an error prone instrument approach to the Manas International Airport in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on the morning of Jan. 16.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The European Union (EU) and eight South Asian states have started a four-year civil aviation cooperation, aimed at improving safety and strengthening technical ties.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
Hawaiian Airlines pilots have voted by a 76%-24% margin to ratify a new five-year, three month labor contract, ending two years of sometimes contentious negotiations and threatened strike actions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Qatar Airways’ plans to take a 49% shareholding in Italy’s Meridiana fly have been approved by the European Commission (EC).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

United established a track record of identifying and implementing strategies to reduce its environmental impact in the air, on the ground and at its facilities.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

When AltAir launched commercial-scale volumes of aviation alternative fuels in March 2016, it enabled the largest use of alternative fuel in the industry.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The chairman of the United Arab Emirates’ aviation regulator has expressed his “surprise” at the US government’s ban on larger electronic devices and pointed to high standards of security at UAE’s two hub airports in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By 2035, hundreds of thousands of new commercial airline pilots will be needed to fly the new aircraft and fleet mixes that are forecast worldwide.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Six US senators have written a letter to the US secretaries of state and transportation, encouraging them to take “firm action” against alleged large government subsidies to the Gulf majors that allow those airlines to fly routes to the US they say would not be viable absent government assistance.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
United Airlines has unveiled a redesigned security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal C, featuring 17 new automated screening lanes built by Luton, UK-based aviation checkpoint developer L-3 MacDonald Humfrey.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Emirates Airline is offering passengers a special handling service on flights affected by the new US electronics carry-on ban so they can keep their laptops and tablets with them until they board the aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) executive director Eduardo Iglesias will be stepping down and leaving ALTA “in a couple of months,” ALTA said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Travelers from 10 Middle Eastern and African airports flying to the US under a new Homeland Security Department (DHS) electronics ban could see an increased risk from lithium battery-ignited fires in the cargo holds of their aircraft, according to two battery and aircraft safety experts.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker, Victoria Moores
In the space of 24 hours, the US and UK issued directives barring passengers from taking personal electronic devices larger than a smartphone in their carry-on bags onboard certain flights.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The UK government has banned large personal devices in the cabin on flights from six Middle East and North African countries, under restrictions that apply to all operators on those routes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
DEVELOPING NEWS: The UK government is expected to make an announcement later on March 21, limiting the carriage of personal electronic devices just hours after a similar sudden move by US authorities.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Australian turboprop operator Regional Express Holdings (Rex) has grounded six of its Saab 340s for checks, in response to the loss of an aircraft’s propeller while inflight.
Aircraft & Propulsion