Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Jul 04, 2018
Irish business lobby group Ibec has created a new representative body, Aircraft Leasing Ireland (ALI), which has the buy-in of all major Ireland-based lessors.
Jul 04, 2018
The European Commission has opened an in-depth state-aid investigation into Ryanair’s marketing agreements related to Montpellier Airport in France.
Jul 03, 2018
Star Alliance carrier SAS Scandinavian Airlines has signed a letter of intent with Swedish biofuels supplier Preem, with the aim of firming this into a binding cooperation agreement by September.
Jul 03, 2018
Two US Democrat congressmen have accused FAA or failing to implement mandatory drug and alcohol testing for workers at foreign aircraft repair stations.
Jul 03, 2018
The significant increase in flight hours required to become a US airline pilot—mandated by US Congress in 2010 and cemented into regulation by FAA in 2013—has had the “side effect” of “reducing the number of pilots” and should be revisited by Congress, US transportation secretary Elaine Chao said.
Jun 03, 2020
The European Commission (EC) has banned all Armenian-registered carriers from European Union (EU) airspace, following a review of the country’s safety oversight first announced in December 2019.
Jun 03, 2020
BEIJING—China will experiment with granting the very liberal seventh freedom of the air, contrary to its habit of restricting each international…
Jun 03, 2020
The District of Columbia National Guard is investigating “low-flying maneuvers” conducted by helicopter pilots over the city’s downtown June 1 after…
Jun 03, 2020
SINGAPORE—Singapore Airlines (SIA) has increased its capacity by 2% for June and July compared to May, albeit a 94% reduction of its schedule planned before COVID-19 hit.
Jun 02, 2020
Low-flying helicopters responding to protests in the city’s downtown June 1 were involved in a “military operation,” according to the FAA, which has…
Jun 02, 2020
The U.S. FAA will order Boeing 777 operators to validate the accuracy of fuel-quantity check systems following reports that inaccurate tank status data caused aircraft to depart with too little fuel for their planned missions, leading to at least 10 diversions.
Jun 02, 2020
Productive use of ICAO’s new “Takeoff” guidance on minimizing health risks during air travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic will require consistent…
Jun 02, 2020
Damage to a seal probably caused a windscreen burst on a Sichuan Airlines Airbus A319 in 2018, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.