Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Dec 11, 2019
The FAA’s top official remains confident in the agency’s certification methodology and processes for evaluating safety-critical issues, pushing back on lawmakers’ assertions that the system is “broken” and in need of a major overhaul.
Dec 11, 2019
Jetstar has announced flight changes and cancelations in preparation for limited strikes by most of its pilots this weekend.
Dec 11, 2019
Qantas has removed four of its Boeing 737 freighters from service because of a potential defect on parts fitted during their conversion from passenger aircraft.
Dec 11, 2019
The sharply increased emphasis by airlines on sustainability is not being matched by passengers taking up the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions of their journeys, IATA director-general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said Dec. 11. It was disappointing that only 0.01% of passengers choose to pay to compensate for their emissions when flying, de Juniac said at IATA’s annual global media day in Geneva.
Dec 10, 2019
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced plans to buy an undisclosed quantity of used cooking oil-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Finnish company Neste, which will supply flights from Amsterdam Schiphol on a drop-in basis.
Nov 08, 2022
The validation of the ATR 42-600's type certificate opens up a vast market for the regional turboprop.
Nov 04, 2022
The FAA’s newest runway surface management tool is now operational at its first location—Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Nov 02, 2022
Restrictive bilaterals, extremely high taxation, fees and fuel costs, and an underinvestment in aviation infrastructure are curtailing the potential for African airlines to grow and to become more connected, RwandAir CEO told an audience in Washington, DC.
Oct 28, 2022
Alliance operates a fleet of about 70 regional jets, most of which are used in the lucrative “fly-in, fly-out” charter business supporting Australia’s resources industry.
Oct 28, 2022
A fully import-substituted version of the Russian-engined MC-21-310 was pursued after sanctions blocked Irkut Corporation from buying in subsystems from the West.
Oct 27, 2022
More than three years after Beijing grounded the Boeing 737 MAX family, China Southern Airlines appears set to be the country's first airline to return the type to service as early as Oct. 30.
Oct 25, 2022
Mexican ULCC Volaris continues to navigate the FAA’s safety downgrade of Mexico as the timeline for an upgrade remains somewhat uncertain.
Oct 25, 2022
Arab airlines have called on governments worldwide to learn lessons from the pandemic and not close international borders.