Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Civil Aviation Administration of China is yet to say why a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 nose-dived into the ground two years ago.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Aaron Karp
Spirit Airlines Executive Vice President and CCO Matt Klein expects to see more consolidation—despite the collapse of the ULCC’s merger with JetBlue Airways.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
The Biden administration is pitching higher taxes on business aviation fuel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Listen in to this exclusive interview with JetSMART CEO Estuardo Ortiz, recorded live at Routes Americas 2024 in Bogotá.
Window Seat Podcast

By Guy Norris
A consortium of UK and European companies have called on the British government to provide additional funding towards making the hydrogen fuel plan a reality.
Sustainability

By Kurt Hofmann
SAS Scandinavia Airlines has received U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval for its reorganization plan and now expects to emerge from Chapter 11 in mid-2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The provisional agreement on Single European Sky (SES) reform is being described as a “complete failure” and heavily watered down.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Measuring the maturity of a technology before it actually enters the complex and thorny certification pipeline may be decisive for a swift implementation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Securing further connectivity to Europe remains high on the agenda for the Cayman Islands Tourism Department.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Dominican Republic-based Arajet sees the U.S. market as “critical” to its expansion plans.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
Airports in the Caribbean should facilitate tourism and business travel—not be a cash cow for governments, delegates at Routes Americas 2024 are told.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Tourist arrivals to Colombia are forecast to surge during the first half of the year amid an influx of new international routes.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
Even as Latin American passenger traffic continues to rebound strongly from COVID, the region’s airlines are struggling financially, IATA's Peter Cerda says.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
Maryland and Virginia senators are making another push against adding more long-distance flights from Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA).
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
As a result of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, U.S. repair stations must obtain UK CAA Part 145 maintenance organization approval.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Spanish companies will use a microsatellite built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics to test their planned space-based air traffic management (ATM) system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA has given industry more time to weigh in on a proposed rule detailing how to disclose safety-critical information during certification programs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
A new series of demonstration flights aimed at showing how drones can be integrated into operations at major UK airports is being prepared for later in 2024.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Controllers at Austin Bergstrom International Airport are the newest users of Approach Runway Verification, now deployed at 13 airports.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
An FAA draft rule says Boeing learned of the issue when an operator reported "multiple unusual spoiler deployments" during several flights on one aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Alaska Airlines believes the next milestone for its proposed merger with Hawaiian Airlines could be as soon as June.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
Using satellites for radio communications over oceans promises air traffic management efficiencies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA launched its audit in the wake of the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines 737-9 incident in which a door plug blew off the aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Under the DOT budget request, FAA funding would total $21.8 billion, not counting another $5 billion in special bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) grants.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
After years of negotiations, a tentative deal on European airspace reforms has been reached, but airlines say it is a missed opportunity.
Safety, Ops & Regulation