Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Nov 29, 2018
A preliminary report on the Oct. 29 crash of Lion Air flight 610 (JT610) confirms the accident aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, was not airworthy on at least its last two flights, spotlighting gaps in the airline’s maintenance practices and safety culture.
Nov 29, 2018
While airlines and airports have stepped up their cybersecurity efforts in recent years, a shortage of resources, skills and funding is holding back efforts at enhancing protection from cyberattacks in the aviation sector, according to SITA's report, “Air Transport Cybersecurity Insights 2018.”
Nov 28, 2018
Russia’s S7 Training, a part of S7 Group, has introduced an Embraer E170 full flight simulator (FFS) from FlightSafety International, the company said Nov. 27.
Nov 28, 2018
IATA CEO and DG Alexandre de Juniac called on African governments to lower taxes and fees on aviation, calling the continent “an expensive place for airlines to do business.”
Nov 28, 2018
Airport industry group ACI Europe is calling for “long overdue” air traffic management (ATM) reform, including better integration of airspace and ground infrastructure to ease disruptions, following a summer marked by air traffic control (ATC) strikes that caused widespread flight delays and cancellations.
Jan 27, 2021
Background provided by EASA on its formal Boeing 737 MAX return-to-service (RTS) approval sheds light on future changes on tap for the narrowbody family.
Jan 27, 2021
EASA has become the latest regulator to lift the flight ban of the Boeing 737 MAX, issuing a corresponding airworthiness directive (AD) on Jan. 27.
Jan 27, 2021
The FAA expects to certify the first of a new generation of advanced or urban air mobility (AAM/UAM) aircraft later in 2021 and says regulations will be in place in time for initial piloted electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) operations to begin as early as 2023.
Jan 26, 2021
The European Commission (EC) is proposing member states implement tighter travel restrictions as newer, more infectious coronavirus strains take hold.
Jan 26, 2021
The Dutch cabinet has given preliminary support for a redesign of the Netherlands’ airspace, paving the way for more efficient operations from 2023.
Jan 26, 2021
Aircraft carrying critical COVID-19 vaccines across Europe and over the Atlantic are to be given special priority using a new flight plan code, under a partnership announced by Eurocontrol.
Jan 25, 2021
U.S. President Joseph Biden on Jan. 25 signed an executive order reversing former president Donald Trump’s relaxation of entry requirements for international arrivals, in a bid to contain the spread of several new strains of novel coronavirus that were recently discovered abroad.
Jan 25, 2021
The U.S. aerospace industry’s future in China is doomed.