Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Nov 15, 2019
Training specialist CAE has signed a long-term agreement to train 1,000 new cadet pilots for UK LCC easyJet on a multi-crew pilot license (MPL) program.
Nov 14, 2019
Pilot training specialist CAE sees enough pent-up demand for Boeing 737 MAX training that the Canadian company has created an unspecified number of unsold “white tail” simulators, executives revealed Nov. 13.
Nov 14, 2019
The CEO and co-founder of Budapest LCC Wizz Air has issued a statement calling for all airlines to ban premium cabins on flights of less than five hours.
Nov 14, 2019
Fuel distributor Shell Aviation will support development of Europe’s first dedicated sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant, planned to be built in the Netherlands by SAF supply-chain developer SkyNRG.
Nov 14, 2019
Air traffic controllers at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport effectively corrected the trajectory of a Ukraine International Airlines (AUI)-operated Boeing 737 after the crew chose the wrong procedure for departure and came dangerously close to another aircraft, investigators of the French BEA said in a recent incident report.
Sep 21, 2022
IATA is warning that ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns and disruption to the travel industry in China, as well as a slow recovery in Asia overall, could harm the broader aviation industry.
Sep 21, 2022
Wisk envisions one “multivehicle supervisor” managing three air taxis at once from a remote location by 2030.
Sep 21, 2022
The COMAC C919 was not certified on Sept. 19 as had been anticipated by some, while Boeing will now remarket some 737 MAX destined for Chinese customers as Beijing keeps the type grounded.
Sep 20, 2022
The FAA has finalized a new rule that gives credit for certain military and Part 135 flight hours towards minimum requirements for Part 121 airline pilots.
Sep 20, 2022
American Airlines will bolster its Miami-Havana service.
Sep 19, 2022
The FAA denied Republic Airways’ petition to establish an airline training program with a 750 flight-hour minimum and suggested that similar efforts will face the same fate.
Sep 19, 2022
ICAO has flagged Russia with a significant safety concern with respect to the country’s ability to properly oversee commercial aircraft under its jurisdiction.
Sep 16, 2022
Long-term, we must improve equity and access to pilot careers, where the cost and inaccessibility of training is a top barrier