Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Jul 09, 2018
France’s aircraft accident investigation unit, BEA, has voiced its differences with Egyptian authorities over the May 2016 crash of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 over the Mediterranean Sea.
Jul 06, 2018
ATR has received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for a new ATR 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS) based at its headquarters in Toulouse.
Jul 06, 2018
Garuda Indonesia has averted a strike threat following an agreement with key employee unions.
Jul 06, 2018
Airbus CEO Tom Enders has accused the British government of having “no clue, or no consensus” of how to achieve Brexit—when the UK leaves the European Union (EU)—without severe harm.
Jul 05, 2018
An Irish union representing Ryanair pilots has pledged to go ahead with a strike planned for July 12 over concerns about base transfers and pilot seniority agreements, even after the airline appealed for it to be called off.
Jun 08, 2020
Ryanair, British Airways and easyJet have written to the UK government to condemn its decision to introduce a 14-day quarantine period for arrivals to the UK as part of its response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Jun 08, 2020
Honeywell is launching safety packs designed for airline passengers and crew, tapping into the company’s manufacturing capabilities in the safety and personal protection equipment segment amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 05, 2020
The China-U.S. airline-service detente continued June 5 as the U.S. Transportation Dept. (DOT) scrapped a plan to ban Chinese passenger carriers in mid-June, approving a total of two weekly frequencies instead.
Jun 05, 2020
International Airlines Group (IAG) is considering a legal challenge to UK government plans to impose a 14-day quarantine on international arrivals as part of efforts to fight COVID-19, CEO Willie Walsh has said.
Jun 04, 2020
Indonesia’s largest low-cost airline Lion Air will suspend all flights from June 5 citing poor passenger carriage as travelers struggle to fulfil the strict requirements needed to fly after movement control restrictions were lifted.
Jun 03, 2020
Dassault Falcon Service has completed the conversion of a Falcon 900B corporate jet from a passenger configuration to cargo for use transporting fabric for face mask production.
Jun 03, 2020
Several U.S. airlines are among 69 signatories of a letter supporting a stay, or halt, of an order granting Ligado Networks access to mobile satellite services bands for a ground-based 5G network.
Jun 03, 2020
The UK government has confirmed plans that insist on almost all air passengers arriving in the country self-quarantining for 14 days.