A4A Applauds Approval of New Sustainable Aviation Fuel Pathway
Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, applauds the addition of a seventh annex… Read More »
FAA Amends Oxygen Mask Rule
The U.S. FAA has amended a Part 121 rule requiring an increase in the flight level threshold at which the… Read More »
Portland Airport PDX will require face coverings for anyone inside the airport
Portland International Airport accommodates more than 50,000 travelers on an average day, but the coronavirus pandemic has left it sparsely… Read More »
EASA to set out ‘safety protocol’ for restoration of air transport
Europe’s aviation safety authority is to set out, in the next few weeks, technical operational guidelines to enable the air… Read More »
Iberia Express passengers decry lack of social distancing on near-full flight
The airline claims that the plane, which flew from Madrid to the Canary Islands on Sunday, met all of the… Read More »
Ryanair cools on Airbus, moves back towards all-Boeing fleet
Ryanair plans to move back towards an all-Boeing fleet by cancelling leases for Airbus A320s for its Lauda subsidiary and… Read More »
Embraer blames failed Boeing deal for sharp drop in commercial jet deliveries
Embraer said Tuesday it delivered just five commercial jets in the first quarter, less than half of what it delivered… Read More »
Coronavirus pandemic could force a major U.S. airline out of business, says Boeing CEO
“Something will happen when September comes around. Traffic levels will not be back to 100 percent. They won’t even be… Read More »
Space launch can grow alongside aviation
Despite the understandable lull in current commercial aviation activity, anticipated increases in the frequency of space launches will soon require… Read More »
Business Jet Owners Holding On To Their Airplanes
Business jets like the Hawker 850XP are proving to be extremely valuable to their owners. When the Great Recession hit… Read More »
Embry-Riddle, GE Aviation Team Up to Enhance Flight Analytics and Aviation Safety Education
Airlines, the military and many significant corporate aviation operations use flight data monitoring to detect conditions outside of normal, predetermined… Read More »
Brussels Airlines to cut workforce by 25% and remove 16 aircraft
Brussels Airlines is reducing the number of aircraft in its fleet by 30% and slashing its workforce by a quarter… Read More »
American pilot dies after humanitarian group aircraft crashes in Papua
The plane took off from Sentani airport in Jayapura at 6:27 a.m. local time and the pilot made a distress… Read More »
BOC Aviation signs 737 Max 8 leaseback with Southwest Airlines
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has signed a purchase-and-leaseback agreement with US low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines for 10 Boeing 737 Max… Read More »
Airflow inside aircraft only from top to bottom, not front-back or left-righ
When flights resume and you take to the skies again, do not panic when someone on the rows ahead or… Read More »
Qatar Airlines Demands Training Repayment From Fired Pilot
Qatar Airlines has demanded $162,000 in training expenses from a young pilot released without explanation from her job earlier this… Read More »
FAA establishes spaceport office to support growing number of launch sites
WASHINGTON – As the Federal Aviation Administration licenses another commercial spaceport, it has formally opened an office to address the… Read More »
Asiana Airlines Enforces Its Pilots to Fly A380 Airplanes with No Passengers for Their Pilot Qualifications
Asiana Airlines will finally flew airplane without passengers to make its supersize A380 pilots maintain their qualifications. A380 pilots have… Read More »
FAA: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) does not comply with ICAO safety standards
The U.S. FAA announced that the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has been assigned a Category 2 safety rating… Read More »
Bombardier Sees Luxury-Jet Demand Crumbling at Least 30%
Bombardier Inc. is bracing for a drop of at least 30% in sales of private jets — the heart of… Read More »
Mitsubishi Heavy sees up to ¥70 billion impairment loss on jet business
The expected loss stemming from the write-down of the goodwill and other assets of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ jet business reflects… Read More »
Atlas Air gives pilots pay increase on heels of Q1 growth
Contract cargo airline and aircraft lessor Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings beat analyst expectations with adjusted net income of $29.9 million,… Read More »