Former FAA administrator Randy Babbitt said that the recently-issued Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) of the Boeing 737 MAX certification highlights how the FAA must “rethink assumptions” held about the qualifications of foreign pilots who fly aircraft certified in the U.S.
Raytheon has integrated the AirMap unmanned aircraft system (UAS) monitoring application on a working prototype of its Multi-platform ATC Rehosting Solution (MARS) for air traffic control (ATC).
FAA administrator Steve Dickson is seeking answers from Boeing related to an instant message exchange between two Boeing employees that suggests the company may have misled regulators about the safety of the 737 MAX’s flight-control system.
Positioning, navigation and timing equipment manufacturer Orolia is targeting the end of 2020 for the first delivery of its new survival emergency locator transmitter (ELT).
China’s Hainan Airlines will transfer 48% of its subsidiary Tianjin Airlines to parent company HNA Group in a transaction worth CNY6.7 billion ($945.6 million).
China’s Colorful Guizhou Airlines will receive its first Airbus A320neo this month, stepping up from the regional jet operations for which the carrier was established four years ago.
Southwest Airlines has removed all Boeing 737 MAX flying from its schedule to early February, later than other U.S. carriers that have yet to revise their estimates from an early January return-to-service.
A new entrant in the booming aircraft leasing sector has been announced, with the emergence of a tri-national consortium that aims to becoming a leading lessor in the Russian market.
The National Security Council (NSC) will soon release a strategy for preventing drone disruptions at major U.S. metropolitan airports, according to the FAA.
Norwegian and New York-based JetBlue Airways have signed a letter of intent to form an interline agreement, enabling passengers to fly between Europe and the Americas at low cost and with a single booking.
In a move that significantly challenges Boeing’s new-build large freighter dominance, aircraft lessor and financier GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) is teaming with Israel Aerospace Industries Group (IAI) to launch a freighter conversion of the 777-300ER.
The world is supposed to notice when a major public corporation suddenly demotes its chairman—the head of the board of directors—particularly if that person has amassed as much power as Boeing CEO and President Dennis Muilenburg.
Alitalia’s future remains uncertain after an already much-delayed Oct. 15 deadline passed without an industrial plan for its relaunch being presented by the carrier’s rescue consortium.
