Safety, Ops & Regulation

LOT Polish Airlines, the flag carrier of Poland, has appointed APG as its online General Sales Agent (GSA) in Saudi Arabia.

AAM/eVTOL professionals are making linkages between safety and the creation of robust business cases.

The nine-step scale is being developed in collaboration with Europe’s Clean Aviation research program.

When they fly near war zones, civil aircraft may be the collateral victim of the GPS jamming that targets military operations.

A severe workforce crunch is among the key reasons for the fuel shortage in numerous Japanese airports, a public-private task force says.

The FAA plans to order all Boeing 767 operators to either check records or inspect main landing gear outer cylinders for signs of heat damage.

The European Regions Airline Association said that its members encounter considerable differences in the way in which PSOs are granted across the continent.

The airframer hopes the narrowbody A321XLR will make new long-haul routes economically viable.

Too little space between an arriving Mesa CRJ-900 and a departing SkyWest E170 caused the two aircraft to come within about 1,700 ft. of each other.

The tool includes a survey that covers multiple safety “dimensions” and seeks input from five organizational levels.

New allegations suggest that Boeing’s willful disregard of quality assurance in its commercial aircraft production remained in place as recently as late 2023.

Initial analysis suggests the issue will not have any safety ramifications, the company's top engineer said.

Recent revisions of the certification requirements for EVTOL aircraft that narrowed the gap between European and U.S. regulators come as welcome news to Lilium.

ANCEN has been created to share “objective, timely, consensual, and credible technical advice” on the non-CO2 effects of aviation, EASA said.

In 2021, Iberia became the first operator in Europe to use evidence-based training, followed by Air France in the same year.

The FAA is exploring changes to the way public charter flights operate in U.S. airspace, citing a recent expansion in both their frequency and complexity.

The FAA is pledging to conduct more outreach ahead of major regulatory changes to help better align its mandates with industry’s realities.

Emirates has agreed to pay a settlement for operating JetBlue codeshare flights through Iraqi airspace at a flight level that was not approved by the U.S. FAA.

The advancement is relevant to both light aviation and the commercial air transport industry.

This represents an important step toward the proposed Korean Air-Asiana merger.

European officials have approved an extra fuel tank the A350-1000s Qantas will use for ultra-long-haul flights.

The next step is to distinguish between GPS jamming and spoofing, which is less common but more challenging to detect.

Bankrupt Indian carrier Go First has been granted yet another reprieve as a court approved a further extension of its deadline to secure new backers.

A successful demonstration of the first unmanned air taxi trial in Mecca is said to pave the way for future implementation of smart mobility solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Rwanda is officially the 19th member of the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar or ASECNA (L'Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar), since last January. It’s director general Mohamed Moussa said that this will further strengthen the agency’s footprint as it pursues its efforts to bring new solutions, enhance airworthiness and boost integration within African skies.