Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Mar 01, 2019
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on March 1 that it has recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from an Atlas Air Boeing 767-300 freighter six days after it crashed in Trinity Bay, Texas, killing three people on board.
Mar 01, 2019
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) on Feb. 28 handed down fines of $1 million to American Airlines and $750,000 to Delta Air Lines for subjecting passengers to extended tarmac delays at airports across the US over the last several years.
Mar 01, 2019
Turboprop manufacturer ATR will partner with the AviAssist Foundation to strengthen aviation safety awareness in Africa.
Mar 01, 2019
Southwest Airlines has asked a US federal court to stop its mechanics writing up minor maintenance issues the airline believes is part of an illegal job action designed to wreak havoc on its operations.
Mar 01, 2019
A Dublin court has ruled in Ryanair's favor over its refusal to pay compensation to Irish passengers whose flights were delayed or canceled as a result of internal strike action by the airline's staff.
Jun 11, 2021
Airlines are hoping the G7 summit in Cornwall, England, and the U.S./EU summit in Brussels will lead to North Atlantic travel corridors being put in place.
Jun 11, 2021
Leaders from the two countries have not set a time line on launching such an arrangement.
Jun 10, 2021
DFS air traffic controllers have taken advantage of depressed air traffic to trial better ways of working and are looking at going beyond the existing “remote tower” concept.
Jun 07, 2021
France and Spain are among the European countries that have updated their coronavirus travel restrictions in the run-up to the summer vacation season.
Jun 04, 2021
IATA is saying planned reforms of the Single European Sky (SES) agreed by the European Council “will entrench the failure of monopoly air navigation service providers to tackle emissions, delays and costs.”
Jun 03, 2021
The European Council has put forward a general approach on the reform of the Single European Sky (SES) aimed at improving European airspace management and its air navigation services system.
Jun 03, 2021
Airlines have long hoped for restart to transatlantic travel by summer, plans likely on hold as governments slow-walk reopenings.
Jun 02, 2021
A pair of U.S. senators sharply rebuked the airline industry’s collective response to criticisms of refund policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that questions raised in a recent letter to seven airlines were not properly addressed.