Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Aug 13, 2019
A federal judge in Northern Texas on Aug. 12 ordered unionized mechanics at American Airlines (AA) to end a work slowdown that contributed to a spike in delays and cancellations over the first half of 2019.
Aug 13, 2019
Ryanair subsidiary LaudaMotion and its pilots have reached an agreement on two labor issues, avoiding the possibility of job cuts at the Vienna-based LCC, according to a local news report.
Aug 13, 2019
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) was forced to suspend departure flights for the second successive day after pro-democracy protesters continued to disrupt operations Aug. 13.
Aug 12, 2019
Steve Dickson pledged in his first remarks as FAA administrator not to allow the Boeing 737 MAX to re-enter commercial service until he is “completely assured that it is safe to do so.”
Aug 12, 2019
An investigation is underway into the apparent inflight failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent engine on a Norwegian Boeing 787 as it began a flight from Rome to Los Angeles.
Mar 25, 2022
IATA announcement that it is moving its AGM from Shanghai to Doha may be indicative of China's currently diminishing role in aviation.
Mar 25, 2022
Australia is set to become one of the first Asia-Pacific countries to abolish the need for pre-departure COVID-19 testing.
Mar 24, 2022
Chinese investigators late March 24 were working to extract information from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recovered from the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 accident site while the search for the flight data recorder (FDR) and other pieces of evidence continues.
Mar 24, 2022
Former Boeing 737 MAX Chief Technical Pilot Mark Forkner did not intentionally deceive the FAA about the aircraft’s flight control system, a jury determined March 23, clearing him of criminal charges of four counts of wire fraud brought by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ).
Mar 24, 2022
Singapore is ending its vaccinated travel lane (VTL) program and plans to reopen its borders to all vaccinated travelers starting April 1.
Mar 24, 2022
Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines is adapting its business model following Russia’s invasion, which has put an end to the carrier’s scheduled services.
Mar 24, 2022
The Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) Airbus A320 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft has attained EASA supplemental type certificate, around three months after the aircraft conducted its first flight.
Mar 23, 2022
A material defect affecting PW1100G-JM-series high pressure turbine disks linked to a March 2020 uncontained engine failure may be more widespread than originally believed, prompting the FAA to propose mandating inspections recommended by Pratt & Whitney.