Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The part that failed and triggered the engine separation at the heart of the Nov. 4, 2025, crash of a UPS MD-11 was flagged for inspections by Boeing in 2011.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
As the idea of a credit card interest rate cap gains fresh—and presidential—impetus, Delta's CEO weighed in on the effects such a measure might have on the industry at-large.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Another attempt is being made to revive Air Zimbabwe, with the announcement of a plan to acquire a new fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The UK’s main air traffic control provider, NATS, is pressing ahead with efforts to modernize air routes over Scotland, with the aim of increasing efficiencies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Chinese academics are calling the government to take a more proactive role in SAF adoption, including embedding mandates in China’s next Five-Year Plan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Thomas Ketchum
The proposed South Suburban Airport (SSA) project in the south of the metropolitan Chicago is often framed without full context of its national significance.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
Nearly a decade after evolving into an LCC, Sun Country Airlines views a combination with Allegiant as a promising path forward for long-term success.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Munich Airport CEO Jost Lammers has started a two-year term as chair of ACI World’s governing board composed of 28 airport CEOs.
Airports & Networks

By Bill Carey
The Trump administration is ramping up its effort to build a new air traffic control system in three years.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Members of the European Parliament’s transport and tourism committee voted for a controversial three-hr. delay threshold in passenger rights reform.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Allegiant’s acquisition of Sun Country will combine two leisure carriers with almost no route overlap—a network structure that could simplify regulatory review.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Commission is set to give its verdict on the international emissions trading scheme—and could propose considerable changes to the European system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
KF Aerospace earned Transport Canada approval for its Boeing 737-800 Combi supplemental type certificate (STC).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The crew of an EasyJet Airbus A320 left a post-deicing checklist unfinished, which prevented the cabin pressurization system from operating, AAIB said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
The deterioration in China-Japan relations is increasingly evident not only in diplomatic rhetoric and trade measures, but in a rapidly shrinking air corridor that had only recently recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
More developments in Nigeria’s regional airline sector approach, with yet more states in the West African country seeking to create a new regional carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
The Spanish defense and aerospace electronics company says the acquisition will allow it to position itself in the growing uncrewed traffic management market and bolster its UK presence.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The vote will be the latest attempt to advance reforms to legislation that governs compensation for air passengers in cases of delays or cancellations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA plans to order mandatory inspections of Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) horizontal stabilizer components.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
India’s competition watchdog is seeking more information from airlines as it investigates IndiGo in relation to the carrier’s December 2025 network meltdown.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
A draft rule issued before companies secure approvals for their next-generation service suggests the FAA learned some lessons from the 2022 5G C-Band rollout.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The U.S. subsidiary of Spain’s Indra Group announced a $342 million contract under the FAA’s Radar System Replacement program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
This year India’s two largest airlines—and their CEOs—will have to contend with more scrutiny from regulators and their own boards.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Dunn
Roll-out of Free Route Airspace in Africa to drive airline savings in fuel costs and emissions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it has now secured more de-icing fluid, after warning that supplies needed to de-ice aircraft at Schiphol were running low.
Safety, Ops & Regulation