Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Apr 18, 2018
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) have levied $375,000 in fines on US LCC Allegiant Air and Hawaiian Airlines, citing both airlines for violating airline consumer protection rules.
Apr 18, 2018
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators found evidence of metal fatigue in the left engine of the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on April 17 after the pilots initially reported an engine fire, then clarified that there was no fire but that engine parts were missing.
Apr 17, 2018
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on April 17 after an apparent engine failure that caused one fatality.
Apr 17, 2018
Air France has presented a new “growth pact” pay proposal to unions in a bid to put an end to a series of strikes that has led to flight cancellations and disruption.
Apr 17, 2018
The Chinese government has announced it will lift restrictions on the proportion of foreign ownership in aircraft manufacturing companies this year, as part of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s latest pledge made at the Boao Forum for Asia last week.
Mar 20, 2020
A trio of U.S. Senate Republicans introduced a bill that would offer U.S. airlines $58 billion worth of loans but no direct payments, echoing a plan released a day earlier by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Mar 20, 2020
Chinese authorities are forbidding increases in international service as they work to refine a policy to prevent flights carrying the COVID-19-causing novel coronavirus from reaching Beijing.
Mar 20, 2020
The FAA is increasingly relying on contingency plans for its air traffic control (ATC) facilities as COVID-19 coronavirus infections have been detected at several airport towers and one of the 22 air route traffic control centers (ARTCC) responsible for managing en route aircraft.
Mar 20, 2020
Fractional operator Flexjet will ferry pilots and flight crews to assignments using its own aircraft rather than its usual method of relying on commercial carriers.
Mar 20, 2020
British taxpayers have so far paid £156 million ($180 million) responding to the collapse of leisure company and airline Thomas Cook.
Mar 20, 2020
Three major airline bodies have voiced their dismay at the European Commission’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, which has left cash-strapped airlines potentially facing unlimited passenger care and assistance bills.
Mar 19, 2020
Russian aviation authorities have halved air navigation service rates for local carriers operating domestic flights.
Mar 19, 2020
The FAA said Mar. 19 that it will begin a thorough cleaning of the air traffic control (ATC) tower at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS) after a controller there “presumptively tested positive” for the COVID-19 coronavirus, causing it to temporarily close the tower.