US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman Deborah Hersman told reporters in Washington DC that Boeing and the FAA need to reconsider the assumption made when they certified the 787 batte...
The application for 787 test flights is “under evaluation” by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). "We have submitted an application to conduct 787 test flights and it is currently under eval...
Japanese investigators have announced that lithium ion battery onboard All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) 787 aircraft that failed shows signs of an “uncontrollable high temperature” associated with “thermal r...
AJW Technique has been granted Approved Maintenance Organisation status by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA), which is also recognised by the USA Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This achie...
Five Forty Aviation Ltd has withdrawn the licences it had granted to FastJet's operations in Angola, Ghana and Tanzania to use the Fly540 brand with immediate effect. This, the company states, “is due...
Aeroflot has finally been granted permission by Russian aviation authorities to operate its Boeing 777-300ER. The first flight of this aircraft had to be postponed last month due to the missing type c...
With the completion of ST Aerospace’s investment of 35% equity interest in Elbe Flugeugwerke GmbH (EADS EFW) and following the receipt of regulatory approvals, ST Aeropace, EFW and Airbus have initiat...
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has criticized the so-called “disinformation campaign” concerning the proposed changes to Flight Time Limitations (FTL) “organized throughout Europe by the E...
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is taking steps to increase connectivity by agreeing a new selection of permits within its jurisdiction. After the 2007 suspension of new domestic app...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing two civil penalties totaling $633,000 against Trans States Airlines, Inc., of Bridgeton, Mo., for allegedly operating two Embraer 145 regional je...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $275,000 civil penalty against Pinnacle Airlines, Inc., of Memphis, for allegedly operating a Bombardier CRJ on 11 flights when the aircraft di...
Eight months after one of its aircraft crashed in Lagos, the Nigerian Ministry of Aviation has cleared Dana Airlines to resume operations. Minister Joe Obi said that since the accident, the entire fle...
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