Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Mar 20, 2018
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) plans to develop an electric short-haul commercial aircraft. The company said future electric-powered aircraft will reduce emissions and noise, and provide significant savings in fuel costs.
Mar 20, 2018
The European Parliament’s Transport Committee has voted on new rules aimed at better protecting European Union (EU) airlines in the face of unfair practices by non-EU competitors.
Mar 19, 2018
Lufthansa has begun using biometric self-boarding gates at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the carrier said March 19.
Mar 19, 2018
The European Cockpit Association (ECA), which indirectly represents over 38,000 pilots across Europe, has signed a protocol, which it says will give pilots at Irish LCC Ryanair a pan-European voice.
Mar 19, 2018
ICAO has extended secretary general Fang Liu’s mandate for a second three-year term, building on her initial appointment that started on Aug. 1, 2015.
Mar 11, 2020
Aireon and Searidge Technologies have announced a partnership to integrate satellite-routed position data from aircraft into Searidge’s “digital tower” platform for large airports.
Mar 11, 2020
Honeywell is improving the airfield lighting and surface movement guidance systems at Incheon International Airport (RKSI) near Seoul.
Mar 10, 2020
China is cutting airport and airway charges as part of its response to the Wuhan virus epidemic, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)…
Mar 10, 2020
The European Commission (EC) will “very rapidly” put in place temporary measures to allow airlines to keep their slots even if COVID-19-related declines in traffic mean they do not operate flights.
Mar 10, 2020
Eurocontrol and its partners have issued a report aimed at helping advance the use of artificial intelligence in aviation and especially air traffic management (ATM).
Mar 10, 2020
Airlines flying from “disease infected zones” to Thailand must now obtain health certificates from passengers confirming they are not infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus before they are allowed to board flights to the country.
Mar 10, 2020
The UK will need people skilled in airspace design as it rolls out a major, nation-wide update of its airspace system, British Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps has said in an exclusive interview with Aviation Week Network.
Mar 09, 2020
The Ethiopian Transport Ministry’s interim report on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (ET302) focuses on the role played by a now-redesigned 737 MAX flight control law implicated in an earlier MAX accident as well as inadequate pilot training.