Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
A Lufthansa pilot was alone in the cockpit when he suffered an incapacitation, causing the aircraft to fly on autopilot only for about 10 min.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol is including meteorology experts in the Network Manager Operations Center teams, as weather in Europe has caused an increasing share of delays.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
PIA will resume nonstop service between Lahore and Paris in June as it looks to rebuild its European network following the lifting of a four-year ban by EASA.
Airlines & Lessors

flydubai has officially unveiled its newly renovated Travel Shop in Deira, Dubai.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey, Christine Boynton
The new U.S. administration has unveiled its proposed overhaul of the aging air traffic control system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
Eurocontrol figures show traffic across the European network is up 5% so far this year compared with 2024, and flow management delays also are up 5%.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Sharon B. DeVivo
Consistent and sufficient funding, improved training and local and regional solutions could make the U.S. ATC system a model for the world once again.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA’s hiring goals target adding about 9,000 new controllers through 2028, or 2,250 per year; the agency has 3,100 trainees “in the pipeline.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Telecommunications infrastructure changes designed to reduce the risk of ATC system outages at Newark Airport will be in place “this summer,” FAA said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Better image processing is making digital tower technology compatible with large airport operations and may enable 10-20% greater runway capacity in the future.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
The recent flare-up in hostilities between India and Pakistan shows how the airline industry can be blindsided by geopolitical events outside its control.
Airlines & Lessors

Etihad Airways and TAP Air Portugal have launched a frequent flyer partnership.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford, David Casey
The flight marks the latest step in the UK startup’s plan to launch scheduled services and become the first airline to succeed at operating secondhand A380s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick, Bill Carey
Aviation Week editors break down the current state of the U.S. air traffic control system and analyze what it will take to push modernization forward.
Check 6

By Thierry Dubois
Preventing the formation of contrails may help aviation’s sustainability effort, but air traffic managers expect more pressing matters this summer.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
Development of the nine-seat LMS-901 Baikal commuter turboprop has reached a stalemate, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev has told the State Duma.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
The return to operations for Italian regional carrier SkyAlps’ seven grounded de Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s will be gradual.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Southwest Airlines asked DOT for blanket authority to operate scheduled flights to U.S. open skies partners, opening the door to more international expansion.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
A new bill supported by Boom aims to change U.S. legislation and permit supersonic over land flight above Mach 1, provided no sonic boom reaches ground.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Thales is implementing its Green Flag Orchestrator tool at area control centers (ACC).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
United Airlines expects to cut more Newark flights, as the U.S. Transportation Department moves to ramp back total aircraft movements at least until the fall.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The ICAO council has ruled that Russia is responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy’s announcement of a plan to modernize the US air traffic management (ATM) system is a welcome sign.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Armenian Airlines has been barred from operating commercial flights for six months after the Armenian Civil Aviation Committee suspended the carrier’s AOC.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
A plan to address ATC system outages at Newark (EWR) will almost certainly reduce the number of flights in and out of the busy New Jersey/New York area airport.
Airports & Networks