Safety, Ops & Regulation

An Airbus AS-350B3 helicopter falls down a mountainside after an attempted white-out landing.

An Airbus AS-350B3 helicopter falls down a mountainside after an attempted white-out landing.

The configuration has a regional aircraft using full electric power for short-haul and a range extender for longer missions.

Airport operator Royal Schiphol Group said it plans to provide capacity for 293,000 flights in the summer season from March 31 to Oct. 26.

An Airbus AS-350B3 helicopter falls down a mountainside after an attempted white-out landing.

Among the avionics equipment involved were a Honeywell BendixKing KI-203 installation kit, KT-74 transponder, and KA-61 L-band antenna.

OEMs in business aviation have strong backlogs but supply chain pain challenges production.

An International conference agreement aims to drive global development of sustainable aviation fuel.

From bookings to the cockpit, aviation companies are exploring the realm of artificial intelligence.

The U.S. air traffic control system’s recent shortcomings underscore that a true modernization is well past due.

Gogo Business Aviation has received FAA approvals to begin producing Avance LX5 systems for its coming 5G air-to-ground service, the company announced Dec. 20.

The deliverable is a list of 20 criteria that can be applied to certain software and hardware technology developed for non-aviation applications.

It is the second three-month extension passed by Congress since Sept. 30 in place of a long-term FAA reauthorization bill.

The three-person panel “will identify potential ways the FAA could better address controller fatigue,” the agency said in a Dec. 20 statement.

The German federal government has given up on plans to raise a domestic fuel tax only days after it first announced the proposal.

A new volcanic eruption in Iceland so far poses no threat to aviation services, either in the country or further afield, according to the country’s government.

The report on the Dec. 31, 2022, incident at Bordeaux Airport spotlights a widespread issue that has gone relatively unnoticed so far.

Why the market for used business aircraft is continuing to rebound after the pandemic.

The FAA’s warning cites an increase in GPS/GNSS jamming and potential spoofing in “conflict zones and areas of heightened tensions."

(EASA) has selected Florian Guillermet, the director of France’s air navigation services provider DSNA, as its new executive director.

The FAA is trying to improve the tools we need to operate our air traffic management system without having runway incursions. Let’s hope the effort pays off.

German air-taxi startup Volocopter is pressing ahead with plans to launch commercial service at the Paris Olympics next summer, despite mounting opposition.

This is a long-called-for step by Congress that the agency has tried and failed to take due to numerous complications.

Under the free route airspace concept, flight crews choose their preferred routes—in terms of distance flown, wind or weather—in a relaxed framework.

An FAA charter has tasked an advisory committee with examining how the agency manages pilot and air traffic controller mental health disclosures.