Safety, Ops & Regulation

This year’s Purchase Planning Handbook highlights new models and new tech.

No one knows when an unexpected event will occur, and therefore unexpected events must be respected by mitigating and eliminating identifiable risks.

Your job is to find it before something bad happens.

Recommendations for post-maintenance test flights in Hawkers after maintenance of ice protection panels.

With flight tests nearing completion, Leonardo is targeting year-end approval as it eyes strong demand from U.S. single-engine operators.

The Canadian regulator’s certification of Gulfstream’s G500, G600, G700 and G800 includes only five serial numbers.

Choosing the right aircraft registry requires early planning and consultation, often narrowing options to a single best choice.

Airlines around the world are increasingly restricting external battery packs in the aircraft cabin, after thermal runaway incidents shot up 42% in 2025.

Kenyan startup Bleriot Group is gearing up its SAF production operation this year with a view to manufacturing SAF in commercial quantities in 2027.

Europe plans to introduce its first aircrew flight time limitations for air taxi and single-pilot operations.

BEA stresses strict radio phraseology to prevent near-miss incidents, after a Hop E190 aircraft separation incident near Marseille Provence Airport.

In an unusual move, Transport Canada has type certified Gulfstream’s G500, G600, G700 and G800 but with approvals limited to five individual aircraft.

Joby Aviation said it made substantial certification progress in Q4, as it prepares to begin certification flight testing with its first conforming aircraft.

The Senate confirmed longtime American Airlines flight operations exec John DeLeeuw as the NTSB's newest member.

The U.S. House of Representatives failed to approve the Senate-passed bill that calls for a widespread ADS-B In mandate.

Three sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) registries have partnered on a pilot project to minimize the risk of double-counting.

The industry has ridden a roller-coaster of uncertainty since Trump first announced across-the-board duties on products from other countries.

Trump Administration tariffs will remain both real and unreal for the aerospace and defense sector.

The U.S. air traffic management (ATM) system used to be heralded as the gold standard of commercial airspace operations.

Ron Draper, GAMA Chairman and Textron Aviation president and CEO, and James Viola, GAMA president and CEO, answer questions about aircraft certification concerns.

The FAA is phasing out a major radar modernization program that is running late and well over budget.

In a late January post on his Truth Social platform, Trump declared that the U.S. would decertify “Bombardier Global Expresses, and all Aircraft made in Canada."

The resolution advisories (RA) dataset maintained by the NTSB has more missing data than actual reports, former NTSB recorders investigator Bill Tuccio reports.

Sustainable aviation fuel producer Neste and distributor World Fuel Services are aiming to make Neste SAF available at more than 100 airports across Europe over the next five years.

Growth across all aviation sectors contributes to elevated risk in terminal-area airspace and requires a multi-pronged approach to ensure safety, FSF says.