Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Nov 27, 2019
The fatal crash of a flydubai Boeing 737-800 at Rostov-on-Don, Russia, in 2016 occurred because of incorrect aircraft configuration and crew piloting, according to the final report by Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC).
Nov 27, 2019
Norwegian Air Shuttle is ending flights from Copenhagen and Stockholm to the US and Thailand as part of a broader shake-up of its network to improve profitability.
Nov 26, 2019
Plans to significantly reduce South African Airways’ (SAA) workforce have been put on hold until the end of January 2020 as part of an agreement with unions to end a strike.
Nov 26, 2019
Italian aviation authority Salvatore Sciacchitano has been elected president of the ICAO Council for a three-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2020.
Nov 26, 2019
Malaysia faces a multiyear process to address the FAA’s concerns and restore the country’s safety rating, according to the head of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
Oct 08, 2022
Should the endangerment finding be upheld, the EPA would develop a regulation governing lead emissions from aircraft; the FAA would prescribe standards for the composition of unleaded avgas.
Oct 07, 2022
New priorities for the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA include improving cabin air quality, preventing sexual assault of flight attendants and issuing greater fines and penalties for unruly passengers.
Oct 07, 2022
Some in the aviation industry heralded ICAO’s endorsement of the Long Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG), but critics assert the aviation sector is dragging its heels in fighting climate change.
Oct 07, 2022
After sanctions, Moscow expects that 270 MC-21-310 will be assembled by 2030.
Oct 06, 2022
The Allied Pilots Association says it will not support giving Boeing more time to certify its final two 737 MAX family variants if the manufacturer does not meet a year-end deadline linked to flight deck system requirements.
Oct 06, 2022
Mesa CEO Jonathan Ornstein is holding out hope that his company’s new pilot development program could help the industry recover from an ongoing regional pilot shortage but has no illusions about the magnitude of the challenge at hand.
Oct 06, 2022
The carrier had planned to resume flights to the Asian hub in March 2023.
Oct 05, 2022
The implementation of Free Route Airspace should be completed by 2024, about a year later than planned, after delays linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Eurocontrol’s Director General Eamonn Brennan said.