Safety, Ops & Regulation

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is calling for a multipronged approach to address safety issues posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

The US should engage Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in consultations over Open Skies agreements, Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) president Tim Canoll said.

UK-based aviation services group Air Partner has bought Baines Simmons, an aviation safety consulting business, for £6 million ($9.4 million).

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Swiss Aviation Training (SAT) has converted the first Airbus full-flight simulator (FFS) to the latest version of the Boeing 777-300ER.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating an Aug. 15 incident in which an American Airlines Airbus A321’s tail struck a runway.

The aviation infrastructure in Asia is just keeping up with demand, according to Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) DG Andrew Herdman.

UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has confirmed the cause of a 2013 fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 at London Heathrow Airport.

Global aviation services group, Air Partner has entered the aviation safety market with the acquisition of Baines Simmons.

US airlines more than doubled their collective net profit for the first half of 2015 to approximately $8.7 billion, according to Airlines for America (A4A).

FAA has conceded an Aug. 15 air traffic control (ATC) system failure affecting hundreds of flights was rooted in a software upgrade to its ATC computer system.

The European NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has criticized the Irish government for using €42.5 million ($47.1 million) of public funds for underused regional airports.

Latvian national carrier airBaltic has suspended four crew members after they were removed from a flight Aug. 8 due to suspected alcohol abuse.

FAA has proposed a $325,000 civil penalty against Southwest Airlines for allegedly operating a non-compliant Boeing 737 for more than 12 years.

Search teams have recovered the flight recorders of the Trigana Air Services ATR 42-300 that crashed in Indonesia’s Papua province on Aug. 16.

Bangkok Airways has applied strict security procedures at Thai departure airports following a bombing in Bangkok that killed at least 21 people Aug. 17.

Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has responded with, what is described as “concern and dismay' to reports and allegations about “a nationwide ATNS radar systems failure”, following the fatal crash of a Namibian air ambulance on Sunday.

The Business Travel Coalition (BTC) is hitting back hard against Lufthansa Group’s €16 ($18) surcharge for tickets booked through global distribution systems (GDS).

FAA said an Aug. 15 air traffic control (ATC) system failure was not caused by “any inherent problems” with its new ATC computer system.

The wreckage of the Trigana Air Services TGN 267 ATR 42-300 that went missing Sunday has been found on the slopes of Mount Tangok.

[UPDATED] Indonesia’s Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan has confirmed a Jakarta-based Trigana Air Service ATR 42-300, carrying 49 passengers and five crew, has crashed.

Officials in Niger have warned African business aviation operators to beware of scam email offering alternative overflight and landing services to those provided by the official agents Hadid.

Turkish Airlines president and CEO Temel Kotil has spoken against airline subsidies.

FAA is investigating whether the city of Dallas failed to properly accommodate Delta Air Lines’ request to continue operating flights from Love Field.

SkyWest Airlines said a “strong majority” of its pilots have voted to accept a new, three-year labor contract.