Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The Airbus A321XLR equipped with CFM Leap 1A engines has received its type certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
Farnborough Airshow

By Karen Walker
The TSA's One Stop initiative is at a pilot program stage that has recently been narrowed to focus on 13 potential foreign locations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Iraq has launched a tender to find a private partner to develop and operate Baghdad International Airport.
Airports & Networks

Emirates has officially opened its Travel store in Hong Kong – representing its first Emirates Travel Store in the Far East region.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
China Eastern Airlines has withdrawn its Vienna plans for the time being.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are seeking exceptions to operate under common ownership and the transfer of international route authority.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Having crucial information such as runway closures mixed in with less important updates has been flagged as a concern by NTSB for years.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Four months into federally mediated negotiations, flight attendants at United Airlines are set to take a strike authorization vote.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Airline pilots have reported a worsening of the GPS spoofing problem, as a new “hotspot” has appeared around the southern Russian port city of Novorossiysk.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
EU Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean has resigned, with Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra taking responsibility for transport on an interim basis.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
France's BEA has released its final report on a ground proximity event showing altimeter setting errors remain a serious threat.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
Boeing and its former Chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg have paid their combined $201 million civil penalty to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe are planning to allow entry to all five countries under a single short-stay visa.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that delays and cancellations caused by crew sickness are not extraordinary circumstances.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
The airport is in one of Maine’s four Essential Air Service communities and is at the center of an unfolding drama involving JetBlue, United and the U.S. DOT.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A Dutch court has ruled that the Netherlands must follow a European Union procedure for reducing noise at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
A Superjet 100 regional jet belonging to Russian operator Gazpromavia has crashed with three crew onboard after visiting a repair facility.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Aaron Karp
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says it screened an average of 35 passengers nationally per second on July 7.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Ukraine’s airports are seeking financial support from the European Union (EU) and others as the country looks to partially re-open airspace.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
London Heathrow Airport will be forced to reduce the landing fees it charges airlines following a ruling by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Vietjet says it plans to set up an MRO facility in Laos, supported by Vietjet Aviation Academy, estimating its operation in Laos can generate 2,500 new jobs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing is adding requirements for moving aircraft down production lines and new traveled work protocols.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
GOL has failed to start the process of considering its Chapter 11 exit financing proposals, after previously stating the evaluations would start in early June.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey, Jens Flottau, Victoria Moores
After Lufthansa's investment in ITA Airways was approved, our editors discuss the implications of the deal and what it means for consolidation in the region.
Window Seat Podcast

By Lori Ranson
Argentina’s government has taken steps to knock down barriers in the country’s aviation sector as part of the president's efforts to liberalize the industry.
Safety, Ops & Regulation