Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Jul 18, 2018
A provision tucked into the US House’s FAA reauthorization bill would require the agency to regulate airline seat sizes.
Jul 17, 2018
L3 Commercial Aviation will provide three Chinese airlines with flight simulator and training equipment—with the first of seven L3 RealitySeven full-flight simulators (FSS) set for delivery by the end of this year—the UK-based division of L3 Technologies said at the Farnborough Air Show July 17.
Jul 17, 2018
Ryanair said it would cancel 24 flights July 20 as pilots in Ireland go ahead with a second one-day strike over an ongoing conflict with management about working conditions.
Jul 17, 2018
An increasing number of airlines are starting to create their own training programs to establish new pipelines for pilots in the face of an anticipated global shortage, training integrator CAE said.
Jul 17, 2018
Mitsubishi has been forced to withdraw the MRJ90 from the Farnborough Air Show flight-display line up, after the test aircraft was damaged in a ground collision at the show.
Jun 25, 2020
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a citation and penalty to Textron Aviation as part of its investigation into a December explosion at its Wichita Plant 3 facility that injured 15 employees.
Jun 24, 2020
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) members on June 24 acknowledged a need to reform spectrum decision-making following their controversial action to grant Ligado Networks the use of frequency bands near those used for GPS and satellite communications.
Jun 24, 2020
EU member states are finalizing a list of countries from which inbound travel will continue to be banned once the region’s borders reopen July 1, using criteria including the health situations in those countries.
Jun 24, 2020
IATA is urging governments to replace travel quarantines with multi-step processes that would mitigate the risk of a COVID-19 infected passenger boarding a flight and reduce the chance of any infected person transmitting the disease.
Jun 24, 2020
A preliminary report into the May 22 crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus A320 raises fundamental questions about crew proficiency…
Jun 23, 2020
The European Commission (EC) and Japan have signed a bilateral civil aviation safety agreement (BASA) to simplify processes and increase trade between the two sides.
Jun 22, 2020
Network-based identity and position reporting by drones will not be costly for their operators, says one of the companies assisting the FAA in developing “Remote ID” service requirements.
Jun 18, 2020
JetBlue Airways will add 30 routes to its domestic network over the next few months in a bid to capitalize on a modest expected upswing in leisure travel demand.