Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Feb 10, 2018
Airbus decided to stop accepting additional Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines equipping its A320neo family aircraft, after a higher than normal number of inflight shutdowns and aborted takeoffs were reported on aircraft using the latest build-standard engines.
Feb 09, 2018
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), pushing for a hashing out of pilot work rules at WestJet ULCC subsidiary Swoop, has asked the Canadian government to intervene on the first-ever contract negotiations between the union and the airline.
Feb 09, 2018
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has almost halved Belgium’s Brussels Airlines flight frequencies to the African nation’s capital, apparently because of a diplomatic spat between the two nations.
Feb 09, 2018
The Feb. 12 release of the Trump administration’s federal budget proposal for the US government’s 2019 fiscal year (FY19), which starts Oct. 1, 2018, will provide insight into how much of a priority spinning off US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA still is for President Donald Trump.
Feb 09, 2018
Irish LCC Ryanair has pledged to go single-use plastic-free within five years in a move that will hopefully kick other airlines into action.
Jan 30, 2020
The FAA will introduce a new Space Data Integrator system in August to track space launch and recovery operations in real time with traditional air traffic, Administrator Steve Dickson said.
Jan 30, 2020
An increasing number of airlines across the world are making major operational changes in response to the effects of the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak that began in Wuhan, China.
Jan 30, 2020
The NTSB is urging Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and the FAA to mandate Embraer E-Jets control column wiring inspections, revamp maintenance pr
Jan 30, 2020
A $760 billion, five-year infrastructure plan unveiled Jan. 29 by U.S. House Democrats revived a long-running dispute over whether to increase a user fee used to finance airport construction and renovation projects.
Jan 29, 2020
EASA announced Jan. 29 that it is no longer recommending that European airlines avoid all overflights of Iran and Iraq—precautionary steps it advised following a missile attack by Iran earlier in the month.
Jan 28, 2020
Governments around the globe are planning special charter flights to repatriate their citizens from Wuhan, China, as the city lockdown nears its first full week.
Jan 27, 2020
EASA has published a bulletin giving guidance on how airlines and airport operators can limit the risk of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections spreading on flights, among crew members and in spaces they control.
Jan 27, 2020
The French ministry of transports has set successive targets for the use of sustainable jet fuels in commercial aviation, along with an effort to create a production industry for the fuel within the country.