China has conducted its first remote tower operation at Xinyuan Nalati Airport (NLT) with a China Express Airlines flight controlled remotely from the Xinjiang Airport Group’s center in Urumqi, 385 km away. 

A group of internal FAA experts is reviewing aspects of the Boeing 777X and providing feedback to the team tasked with day-to-day oversight of Boeing’s certification work, jump-starting an effort the agency plans to integrate into its aircraft-approval process, Aviation Week has learned.

A group of 13 U.S. Senate Democrats accused Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways of exploiting a workaround to the CARES Act’s prohibition on employee pay cuts by reducing hours in lieu of pay rates.

Among its many financial ravages, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of fee-based business models for providing air traffic services. 

Alcohol wipes have been identified as a possible cause of wires shorting out on aircraft, causing at least one in-flight smoke event, a NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) report reveals.

Commercial aviation groups and manufacturers planned to file seven petitions challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent decision to grant Ligado Networks access to radio frequency spectrum near bands used for critical aviation applications.

EASA has set out guidelines for flying in the COVID-19 era that include a requirement for passengers and crew to wear face masks at all times. 

A new study suggests that most operators disregarded the FAA’s system for authorizing drone flights in controlled airspace when flying near a large central Florida airport.