Safety, Ops & Regulation

FAA’s plan for its new air traffic management software sees the initial operational demonstration focusing on high-level en route airspace before expanding as the process is validated.

Indra Group USA has announced the entry into service of its first radar under the FAA’s Radar System Replacement Program.

Caitlin Locke has been named FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, rising from a key certification role to the agency’s top civilian safety position.

The head of the UAE’s air traffic control service has explained how his country has largely kept its airspace open since the outbreak of hostilities in the Gulf this year.

The U.S. must find a way to fast-track mandatory ADS-B technology and compliance for both airliners and military aircraft operating within commercial airspace.

Demand for Europe-Singapore traffic has increased following disruptions affecting Middle Eastern air hubs.

JCAB has become the third regulator to qualify Loft Dynamics’ virtual-reality helicopter simulator as a Level 7 flight training device.

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development has urged African nations to take decisive steps to transform the continent’s aviation sector.

Spanish air navigation service provider Enaire is introducing SACTA iTEC 4.02, the latest version of its air traffic control system.

The International Centre for Aviation Innovation and the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations will study integration of AI and machine learning into ATM.

Jarring U.S. tariff policy changes sowed uncertainty in business aircraft transactions.

Wheels Up and Bombardier share similar business turnarounds, but will the on-demand charter provider reach profitability in the near future?

Business and general aviation airports, FBOs and charter and fractional aviation providers are preparing for a surge in demand from the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The principle of ‘three to go, one to say no,’ may have helped prevent the crash of an air medical helicopter in Wisconsin in 2018.

Executive argues that eVTOLs carrying first responders could expedite care and help eliminate "ambulance deserts" in many states.

Eight projects spanning 26 U.S. states will test early operational concepts using eVTOL, hybrid-electric and autonomous aircraft.

Ice as small as grains of table salt and as sparse as one gram per square centimeter can prevent takeoff.

Companies are launching technologies that speed air charter operations yet leave the human interaction and bespoke service.

Where is the line between Parts 91 and 135?

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After completing demonstration flights with its electric air taxi first in the San Francisco Bay Area and then in New York, Joby Aviation is taking the lessons learned into its planning for operations set to begin this year under an FAA pilot program.

Complex operations enabled by regulatory waivers and deviations under an FAA pilot program are expected to shorten the time from type certification to operational readiness for commercial electric taxi operations.

Archer says it is pursuing a restricted type certificate for its Midnight eVTOL in the UAE that could enable operations in Abu Dhabi ahead of full FAA certification.

RTX’s Collins Aerospace is expanding a facility in Largo, Florida, to accelerate production of radars for the FAA’s air traffic control modernization push.

The strike occurred at about 8:00 a.m. local time and was part of a large air attack from Ukraine.