Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
Jul 22, 2019
The pilots that flew an Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 into a lagoon on final approach to Micronesia’s Chuuk International Airport (TKK) in September 2018 did not follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) or respond to numerous terrain-warning alerts, a final report on the fatal accident found.
Jul 22, 2019
Pilots at UK carrier British Airways (BA) have voted 93% in favor of strike action, after three days of arbitration talks yielded no progress.
Jul 22, 2019
Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation Younes Elmasry expressed his frustration in a July 21 statement in response to the British Airways (BA) decision to suspend flights to Cairo International Airport for seven days.
Jul 20, 2019
British Airways has suspended its London Heathrow-Cairo services for a week because of unspecified security concerns.
Jul 19, 2019
CEOs of several major US carriers and Qatar Airways met with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence July 18 to discuss accusations that Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been unfairly subsidizing their respective state-sponsored airlines.
Feb 28, 2022
AerCap is ceasing all leasing activity with Russian carriers and Finnair has withdrawn its first quarter financial guidance, cautioning that prolonged Russian airspace restrictions will render most of its Asian network unviable.
Feb 27, 2022
Ukrainian aircraft maker Antonov deferred comment after multiple officials and news outlets reported that the An-225 Mriya heavy airlifter was destroyed during fighting at an airport near Kyiv.
Feb 25, 2022
The restrictions come after the UK imposed a ban on Russian aircraft as part of sanctions introduced following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Feb 24, 2022
A bloody day of fighting paused shortly after nightfall in Ukraine with Russian invaders advancing across the country, although more rapidly from the south than the east and north, according to Ukrainian officials.
Feb 24, 2022
A fierce battle has erupted around the flight test center for Antonov aircraft company near Kyiv, with a Russian air assault fighting a brigade of Ukrainian national guard troops for control of the airport, Ukraine’s Ministry of the Interior says.
Feb 24, 2022
Air traffic in Eastern Europe has been severely impacted by the consequences of Russia’s Feb. 24 attack on Ukraine.
Feb 23, 2022
The Council of the European Union has recommended that member states should lift restrictions on fully vaccinated non-EU travelers starting March 1, as it shifts toward a more person-centered approach to COVID-19 prevention.
Feb 22, 2022
The FAA is mandating new limitations for most older Boeing 737s operating at airports with 5G C-Band deployment, warning that signal interference may cause malfunctions to automated systems that rely on the aircraft’s radio altimeter.