Safety, Ops & Regulation

Commercial aircraft seats that would accommodate personal wheelchairs in both economy and first-class cabins are continuing to progress toward certification.

Boeing latest Chief Safety Officer (CSO) report suggests frontline employees are better trained and more likely to speak up if they encounter a safety issue.

Singapore Airlines will suspend meal services when the seat belt sign is lit as part of new measures adopted following a fatal turbulence incident on May 21.

The U.S. NTSB is sending a team to support Singapore’s official investigation of the May 21 Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence.

Codeshare flights will begin in early June once Emirates opens its first route to Colombia.

Certification of the Airbus A321XLR is expected before summer, the new head of EASA Florian Guillermet has told a conference in Paris.

Japan and South Korea's civil aviation regulators have agreed to mutually recognize each other’s aviation certifications and approvals.

International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Willie Walsh talks about sustainability, taxation, government policies and ATM modernization.

More than 40% of the in-service Boeing 787 fleet will require inspections to identify incorrectly made parts on fittings that connect floor beams to the fuselage.

One passenger died when a Singapore Airlines (SIA) Boeing 777-300ER experienced “severe turbulence” while en route from London Heathrow to Singapore May 21.

On the first day of the Future Aviation Forum, taking place in Riyadh, 47 deals were confirmed with a value of $19 billion.

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By 2037, Thailand aims to boost flight volume to 2.1 million, with a passenger throughput of 270 million.

Federal agencies are scrutinizing whether lucrative credit card programs are fair to consumers and smaller carriers.

A provision within the 1,000-plus-page law will exempt 10 new slots from the 1,250 mi. perimeter rule applied to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)

Emirates has received the official Certified Autism Centre Designation plaques for all four of its Dubai Check In facilities.

The governments of Argentina and Peru have agreed to remove restrictions on flights between the countries.

London City Airport (LCY) has named Alison FitzGerald its new CEO, effective immediately.

Launch customer Lufthansa Airlines has added uncertainty to Boeing’s public claims that the 777-9, already five years late, will be certified in 2025.

The FAA plans to mandate inspections of certain structural fittings on some Boeing 787s after learning from Boeing the parts are made from the wrong material.

The 787 faces new quality assurance woes, but the need to add a freighter to the family has eased.

The Austrian court’s decision means that the deadline for the third runway project at Vienna Airport has been brought forward by three years, from 2033 to 2030.

The digital transformation of Dubai’s aviation regulator, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) has made a key difference is the sector’s capability to meet the fast-growing number of movements.

Boeing and the Investment Promotion Agency Qatar (Invest Qatar) have signed an MoU to establish a permanent legal entity, Boeing Aerospace Doha LLC, in Qatar.

SriLankan Airlines has officially opened its new office in Trivandrum, India.