Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Aug 24, 2018
Japanese LCC Peach has launched a new pilot training initiative, as it looks for ways to avoid the pilot shortages that have affected Asia-Pacific airlines.
Aug 24, 2018
The US State Department has downgraded its travel advisory for US citizens travelling to Cuba for a second time since a “do not travel” warning went into effect in 2017.
Aug 24, 2018
Corrosion that led to fatigue cracking caused the landing gear collapse on a FedEx MD-10-10F freighter at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) Oct. 28, 2016, according to the NTSB final accident report released Aug. 23.
Aug 24, 2018
Air France unions will meet to discuss the next steps they will take to continue their fight for bigger pay increases as the Air France-KLM group prepares for the arrival of new CEO Benjamin Smith by the end of September.
Aug 24, 2018
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with China’s Alibaba Group to expand digital technologies and services between the two companies. This will see new and enhanced cooperation between SIA and Alibaba platforms such as Fliggy, Cainiao Network, Alipay, and Alibaba Cloud.
Aug 28, 2020
A study funded by the government of South Korea suggests that a passenger who is infected with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 but shows no symptoms can infect other passengers on the same flight.
Aug 28, 2020
Colombia appears poised to restart commercial aviation operations after shutting down the sector for roughly six months to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Aug 27, 2020
COVID-19-related travel restrictions between European countries, including Germany and the UK, are tightening up, as the novel coronavirus spread accelerates in the region and threatens a fragile recovery in air travel demand.
Aug 26, 2020
American Airlines became the first carrier to deploy a new surface-cleaning solution that is claimed to kill 99.99% of coronavirus cells for up to a week after it is sprayed, as airlines look to persuade the public that flying is safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 25, 2020
The continuing U.S. effort to isolate Iranian airlines has expanded to two companies in the UAE being sanctioned for allegedly helping to supply Tehran-based Mahan Air.
Aug 25, 2020
Germany’s air transport association BDL warned returning to mandatory quarantine for passengers flying in from countries defined as high-risk in the current COVID-19 pandemic would cripple the recovery of air transport in the country.
Aug 25, 2020
When second-wave COVID-19 infections sprang up in New Zealand and Beijing, authorities turned their focus to cold storage goods that had arrived by air freight—suspicious that the coronavirus could have lingered on imports and later transmitted to humans through contact.
Aug 24, 2020
Mandates to ensure fuel systems are cleared of a Dupont-made fuel additive are expanding to Boeing 747-8s as well as 787s powered by General Electric (GE) engines.