India has been downgraded to Category 2 under FAA’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program, losing the Category 1 status for aviation safety oversight it has held since August 1997.
The US is “merely reacting to the challenge” of a growing influx of international air travelers and is in danger of turning off future tourists and businesspeople from visiting the US, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) president and CEO Jack Potter said.
The final showdown in the European Parliament over the scope of the controversial European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is now anticipated to be in April.
Cathay Pacific Airways has awarded L-3 Link Simulation & Training a contract for two Airbus A350 full-flight simulators (FFS) plus trainers, marking Link’s first order for A350 products.
French air accident authority BEA has launched an investigation after a Saab 2000 operated by Swiss regional Darwin Airline lost its nose wheel on landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Jan. 28.
An EVA Airways Airbus A320 full-flight simulator (FFS) has been certified to Level D, the highest FFS standard, by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Taiwan Civil Aviation Authority.
Russia’s Ministry of Transport said the government spent more than RUB7 billion ($201 million) to develop several projects in different regions of the country.
Several European countries could be affected by air traffic controller strikes this week. Italy‘s ATM system could be affected tomorrow and Thursday, while strikes are also possible in Portugal tomorrow.
UK-based flight training provider CTC Aviation Group has signed a cooperation agreement with Phoenix, Ariz.-based Airline Training Center Arizona (ATCA) to use its facilities for pilot training.
Commercialization remains the biggest challenge to achieving the FAA's target of 1 billion gallons of renewable aviation fuel use by 2018, says administrator Michael Huerta.
The Indian government said Monday it was lifting restrictions on Airbus A380 flights into the country. The decision will allow airlines like Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Lufthansa to start using the aircraft on their India routes.
Technology has played a major role in enhancing safety over the last 50 years in the air transportation system. A look at the more recent developments proves that the evolution of safety related technology, procedures and training continue.
IATA has reached an agreement with Open Allies for Airfare Transparency—a coalition of more than 400 independent distributors and sellers of air travel, corporate travel departments, travel trade associations and consumer organizations—under which Open Allies will withdraw its opposition to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) approving IATA’s Resolution 787.
Premium air travel markets continued to improve in November, with overall international premium traffic increasing 5.4% year-over-year, “in line with the October result [5.6%] but … above growth year-to-date, which indicates that premium travel demand has accelerated over recent months,” according to IATA’s November Premium Traffic Monitor.
Bombardier Aerospace will lay off 1,700 employees in a bid to contain costs after stretching out CSeries development by at least 12 months and seeing business and commercial aircraft orders decline in 2013.
