Air Safety Experts Deserve A Safe Workplace: Systemic Reform Urgently Needed (New Zealand)
The people who work in our Civil Aviation Authority and our Aviation Security Service are tasked with keeping New Zealanders… Read More »
NASA Names The Next Space Telescope After The Brilliant ‘Mother of Hubble’
NASA just named a powerful new space telescope for the woman who masterminded the existence of such observatories in the… Read More »
Colombia joins Argentina in banning all international flights
Colombian official: ‘We do not expect to resume international air travel or to reopen land borders’ before August 31. Colombia… Read More »
Lax safety led to fatal medical air crash, investigators say
Federal investigators say a lax safety culture led to the crash of a medical helicopter last year in snowy weather… Read More »
Bankrupt Alitalia plans boosting its flights in June
Alitalia said it would resume its nonstop Rome (FCO)-New York (JFK) service, FCO flights to Madrid and Barcelona and fly… Read More »
U.S. Sanctions Chinese Company Connected to Iranian Airline
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a Chinese company it alleged has acted as an agent for an Iranian airline accused… Read More »
Days before landmark launch, NASA’s head of human spaceflight quits due to ‘mistake’
NASA’s top executive concentrating on human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, has resigned just a week before the scheduled start of a… Read More »
Air France axes Airbus A380 and Emirates seen cutting deliveries
The world’s largest airliner, the Airbus A380, took a step closer to the aviation archives on Wednesday as Air France… Read More »
Jet Engine Maker Rolls-Royce Cuts 9,000 Jobs As Aviation Reels
Rolls-Royce said Wednesday it plans to cut some 9,000 jobs globally as it grapples with the collapse in air travel… Read More »
FAA seeks $5.9 million penalty over 270 cargo flights
Federal regulators are seeking a $5.9 million penalty against an Atlanta aviation company that they say operated illegal cargo flights… Read More »
Lawmakers say FAA certification of new planes needs an overhaul
The Federal Aviation Administration outlined steps to change how it approves new passenger planes, but lawmakers said they will push… Read More »
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad cuts hundreds of jobs
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways has laid off hundreds of employees this month, including cabin crew, after the coronavirus pandemic forced… Read More »
United Airlines’ new CEO Kirby takes the reins, aiming to ‘get through hell as quickly as possible’
United Airlines’ incoming CEO Scott Kirby doesn’t mince words. “It’s far better to be too aggressive than not aggressive enough,”… Read More »
American Airlines looking to ‘right-size’ the company and staffing levels for the fall and 2021
With demand slowly returning for the key summer travel months, airlines are trying to figure out how to shrink to… Read More »
Thai government approves national airline bankruptcy proceedings
Thai Airways had been suffering due to competition from budget airlines and bloated costs before the coronavirus crisis. Thailand’s cabinet… Read More »
FAA to Reform Aircraft Review Process Following 737 Max Disasters
The agency will better oversee changes made in-house by plane manufacturers. The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday outlined a series… Read More »
Qatar Airways and American Airlines start their codeshare partnership
Qatar Airways and American Airlines have formally started their partnership with the Doha-based carrier placing its QR code on American… Read More »
Delta and United to resume China flights
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are planning to restart passenger flights to mainland China in June, four months after… Read More »
Russia’s Su-57 Stealth Fighter Could Soon Have a Robot in the Cockpit
Or at least that’s what Vladimir Putin wants you to think. Russian state media claims the Su-57 fighter is undergoing… Read More »
United Airlines Set To Remove Seats From Regional Jets
US carrier United Airlines has drawn up plans to remove seats from its regional jets to comply with pilot contracts…. Read More »
Airlines could soon be firing thousands of pilots
The aviation industry took a big hit during this pandemic, and a number of airlines say they’ll have more pilots… Read More »
Lufthansa expects hundreds of aircraft to be grounded until 2022
Lufthansa is bracing for hundreds of aircraft to remain grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic well into 2022 and that… Read More »