FAA takes full control of new 737 MAX airworthiness certificates
In efforts to boost its authority and confidence of global regulators and the wider public, the U.S. Federal…
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Irkut MC-21 achieves third round of EASA certification flights
Test pilots from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) completed the third flight session of the MC-21-300 certification…
Aviation authorities critical of FAA Boeing 737 MAX certification
In the coming weeks, several world aviation authorities should submit a report on the certification of the Boeing…
EASA to flight test 737 MAX individually; strips FAA delegation
While Boeing prepares for the un-grounding of the MAX, the aviation agencies are also doing their homework ahead…
Airbus clarifies A320neo, A321neo issues flagged by EASA
Within less than a month, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued two airworthiness directives addressing…
EASA finds excessive pitch issue in second Airbus A320 family jet
The Airbus A320neo has been found to be potentially subject to an angle-of-attack protection weakness, which, under certain…
EASA pinpoints new Boeing 737 MAX problem
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency sent a list of five changes to be made for the Boeing…
Boeing 737 MAX could stay grounded till the end of 2019
Crushing the hopes of some carriers that expected the aircraft to operate again around the end of the…
No Boeing 737 MAX for the summer
The main civil aviation regulators have met on May 23, 2019, to discuss the future of the Boeing…
Boeing 737 MAX update: authorities set date for review
An international committee, composed of nine aviation regulators, including the FAA and the EASA, will start their joint…
Disruptive human rights lawyer jailed over racist abuse in flight
A human rights lawyer was found guilty of racially insulting and abusing cabin crew as well as being…
No 737 MAX reentry in sight: FAA expects software fix in “weeks”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects to receive Boeing 737 MAX final software fix in the coming “weeks”,…
New study calls for revision of EASA fatigue regulation
The European Aviation Safety Agency released the results of a study entitled “Effectiveness of Flight Time Limitation (FTL)”.…
FAA’s judgement no longer taken at face value?
Three different authority agencies announced on March 19, 2019, they would each review the safety of the MCAS…
MC-21 aircraft continues flight testing with help of EASA
On February 13, 2019, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced that MC-21 testing is moving forward: for the…
EASA bans Turkmenistan Airlines flights out of the blue
The only national carrier of Turkmenistan, former Soviet republic, Turkmenistan Airlines was banned from performing flights to European…