Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Jun 02, 2019
Despite the ongoing US ban on Huawei and its products, the Chinese telecommunication provider said its aviation portfolio operations are not affected and clients have expressed confidence in the company to deliver its services.
Jun 02, 2019
Ethiopian Airlines remains a “very strong brand” although the financial impact on the airline of the crash of one of its Boeing 737 MAXs and the subsequent grounding of the MAX is not yet known, the carrier’s chief said.
Jun 02, 2019
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark said he would be “surprised” if the Boeing 737 MAX is flying globally “before Christmas.”
Jun 02, 2019
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is urging airworthiness authorities to take a common approach in the ungrounding of the Boeing 737 MAX fleet.
Jun 02, 2019
Sri Lankan Airlines has nearly completed a revised version of its business plan and is close to reaching a deal with Airbus to swap A350 orders for A330neos.
Dec 06, 2021
Airbus has completed assembly of the first A321XLR flight-test aircraft, as the manufacturer prepares for the flight-test campaign to start in 2022.
Dec 03, 2021
The FAA has finalized an inspection plan for a subset of Boeing 787s produced from 2013-2017 that may have improper shimming in several areas.
Dec 03, 2021
The EU plans to impose new sanctions on Belarussian airline Belavia as a result of its role in flying migrants to Europe who subsequently tried to enter the EU illegally.
Dec 02, 2021
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) outlining aircraft-specific parameters for returning the Boeing 737 MAX to service, essentially mandating the same series of measures required by its U.S. counterparts and, in one case, European and Canadian regulators.
Dec 01, 2021
Satellite communications network developer OneWeb unveiled a joint development agreement with engineering company GDC Advanced Technology to certify new aviation terminals for OneWeb’s future low earth orbit (LEO) constellation.
Dec 01, 2021
Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon), the longtime Democratic leader of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2022, capping off a 36-year legislative career that saw him emerge as a leader in Congress on aviation issues.
Dec 01, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is moving to tighten COVID-19 testing requirements for all international arrivals, part of an effort to curb transmission of the omicron coronavirus variant that emerged recently in South Africa and has since been reported in multiple countries, including the U.S.
Dec 01, 2021
The Indian government has asked one of the country’s largest states to step back from new travel restrictions that go further than those imposed by national authorities.