Emirates wants more airline operational data for the Airbus A350 before making a decision about an order for the type, or for more Boeing 787s, the airline's President Tim Clark said at the Dubai Air Show.

Avionics and Safety Editor John Croft, Managing Editor for Transport Jens Flottau and Executive Editor Jim Asker discuss the safety and security implications of the crash of the Russian charter carrier’s A321.

OAG data indicate growth of Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways over the past five years has taken place on existing routes and with frequencies rather than only in new markets.

Three interrelated events are indicative of the state of commercial aviation: Airbus ramps up its production rate—likely followed by Boeing; Bombardier announces a $1 billion equity infusion by the Quebec government into the C Series program; and Comac rolls out the first C919 test aircraft in Shanghai.

Conflicting reports painted two very different pictures of how Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed in the Sinai: damage from a previous tail strike, or a bomb planted by terrorists.

NASA delays its CRS-2 contract, again. Italy is in line to become the next nation with armed Reapers. The FAA scrambles to create a UAV registration system. And the Ex-Im bank bill nears final passage.

Air traffic controllers cost the taxpayer nearly $2.8 billion annually. It is therefore important that staffing decisions be driven by sound analysis. And this means asking the right questions.

The situation with Bombardier’s C Series could have been far worse.