Harmonization of the differing European and U.S. approaches to regulating electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft is advancing somewhat, but there are concerns over the lack of information on China’s approach to approving the new class of aircraft.

U.S. House transportation committee leaders plan to dig into production-quality issues that have held up deliveries of Boeing 787s and 737 MAXs and have grounded part of the 737 MAX fleet. 

The coalition of two-dozen organizations representing a broad cross-section of the aviation industry called on U.S. lawmakers to help decarbonize air travel as part of a broad infrastructure spending package now under consideration on Capitol Hill.

Even so, heavy restrictions remain in place and very few air links are actually operating in practice.

The agreement lays out how aircraft design certification and production procedures will work now that the UK has exited the EU (Brexit).

An immediately effective airworthiness directive (AD) set for publication May 18 will require operators of U.S.-registered 737 Classics to run a specific test to detect failure of a flap synchro wire.

The electrical issues and related grounding halted momentum that the 737 MAX program was gaining following its return to service in most regions.

European airspace users have complained over what they describe as weaker performance targets imposed on air navigation service providers (ANSPs).