Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
May 02, 2018
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has doubled the number of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration projects it will fund after a strong response from organizations that want to participate.
May 01, 2018
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has agreed to a new collective wage accord for flight attendants and pilots that spells out salary increases and flexible flight duty regulations through 2021.
May 01, 2018
The Panasonic Corp. of Japan and its US subsidiary Panasonic Avionics Corp. (PAC) will pay $280 million to resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and accounting fraud violations, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced separately April 30.
May 01, 2018
Australian LCC Tigerair is facing the prospect of schedule disruption as its pilots plan limited industrial action over a long-running contract dispute.
Apr 30, 2018
Denver-based ultra LCC Frontier Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), are petitioning the National Mediation Board (NMB) to release the union from further contract negotiations, saying talks are at an impasse and “further mediation will be futile.”
Apr 01, 2020
A group of nine U.S. Senators urged U.S. carriers to issue full cash refunds to customers for all flight cancellations made during the COVID-19 crisis.
Apr 01, 2020
Air navigation service providers (ANSPs), particularly those that are privately owned, are taking tough steps to ensure they can survive the slump in air traffic caused by the coronavirus crisis.
Mar 31, 2020
When the text of the U.S. Government’s “stage-three” coronavirus stimulus effort was publicly released late last week, industry watchers were left scratching their heads over a vague provision requiring air carriers receiving aid to continue serving “all points” in their networks through Sept. 30.
Mar 31, 2020
The pot of $29 billion in loan guarantees available for U.S. airlines comes with more restrictions than comparable amounts of available payroll grants, including minimum staffing requirements, though the preliminary U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) procedures leave several major questions unanswered.
Mar 31, 2020
Under a proposed new regulation, air carriers would be required to enter and share pilot records in an FAA-managed Pilot Records Database (PRD) before making hiring decisions.
Mar 31, 2020
Responding to a congressional directive to exercise leadership in enabling the return of supersonic air travel, the FAA has proposed noise certification regulations for new supersonic aircraft.
Mar 30, 2020
Air Canada announced plans to temporarily lay off over 15,000 employees early next month, citing the “unprecedented impact” of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Mar 30, 2020
The FAA has fast-tracked a mandatory software upgrade developed by Pratt & Whitney to address PW1500G in-flight shutdowns linked to variable inlet guide vanes, including one in February on an Air Baltic Airbus A220-300.