According to the Seattle Times, FAA managers forced their employees working on the aircraft's certification to delegate a wide of range of their responsibilities to Boeing itself for the safety assessment 737 MAXs. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...
FAA employees warned as early as seven years ago that Boeing Co. had too much sway over safety approvals of new aircraft, prompting an investigation by Department of Transportation auditors who confirmed the agency hadn’t done enough to “hold Boeing accountable.” The 2012 investigation also found that discord over Boeing’s treatment had created a “negative work environment” among Federal Aviation Administration employees who approve new and modified aircraft designs, with many of them saying… (www.bloomberg.com) 更多...
Some significant news has come from British Airways to start the week with the announcement of a brand new business class dubbed ‘Club Suite’. The airline confirmed today that it would arrive on the first of its Airbus A350s, with the planned delivery month of July, although this is subject to change. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
When the Federal Aviation Administration reversed course and grounded Boeing Co.’s BA 1.52% 737 MAX jetliner, it moved partly after seeing data from a little-known aerospace newcomer that is changing the way the aviation industry tracks planes. (www.wsj.com) 更多...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on the aviation industry and governments to work together to keep aviation safe amid rising security threats and twice as fast passenger demand, to reach 8.2 billion by 2037. IATA urges all stakeholders to adopt global standards, information sharing, risk-based analysis and to keep an eye on emerging threats to protect aviation in the coming decade... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 更多...
The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX jetliners, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the probe. (uk.reuters.com) 更多...
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the agency’s program that allows pilots to submit complaints about planes as well as procedures. (video.foxbusiness.com) 更多...
The French BEA has handed over the data of both black boxes to the Ethiopians, and a preliminary report will be issued within 30 days. (af.reuters.com) 更多...
Un groupe de citoyens « s'oppose fermement » à l'arrivée prochaine à l'aéroport de Saint-Hubert de Boeing 737-200 qui décolleront cinq fois par semaine, dont une fois en pleine nuit, afin de desservir Baffinland Iron Mines, une société minière située dans l'île de Baffin, au Nunavut. Ces vols étaient jusqu'à maintenant assurés par la compagnie Nolinor, qui les a déménagés de Kitchener à Mirabel en 2016 parce que les citoyens de la région de Waterloo se plaignaient du… (www.lapresse.ca) 更多...
As floodwaters continue to isolate Fremont, people are helping in any way they know how. Pilots from all over the region flew into the Millard airport to load up with supplies and fly to Fremont. They also took people there and brought them out. Some people on the flights were getting their first look at the widespread flood damage.Sue Ankersen was on one of the flights into the Fremont airport Sunday. She clutched her rosary and cried as she saw her hometown from the air. “They say it’s like an… (www.ketv.com) 更多...
In a historic milestone, Southwest Airlines officially said Aloha to Hawaii yesterday with a long-awaited launch that marks the beginning of its expansion into one of the largest holes in their extensive domestic network. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Pilots repeatedly voiced safety concerns about the Boeing 737 Max 8 to federal authorities, with one captain calling the flight manual "inadequate and almost criminally insufficient" several months before... (www.dallasnews.com) 更多...
With the recent agreement to acquire the remaining 50% interest in Heathrow Cargo Handling Ltd. (HCH), Swissport will become the sole owner of this cargo handling company... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 更多...
The crash of 737 MAX 8 jetliner in Ethiopia two weeks ago has evoked starkly different reactions depending on who you ask. Airlines have reacted in the same way. While Garuda mulls cancellation, flydubai digs in, and Norwegian fumes. We’re still too early in the aftermath of the tragedy to understand what precisely happened to cause the deadly wreck. While evidence increasingly ties the Ethiopian crash to the same issued that plagued a Lion Air 737 MAX 8 that crashed months earlier, both… (liveandletsfly.boardingarea.com) 更多...
