Last European operator gives up on Sukhoi Superjet 100? Certification means safe Certification not necessarily commercial success It was commissioned with great expectations of Russian penetration of the global airline market. It was certificated and…
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Key Lawmakers Unveil Bill To Protect FAA from Shutdowns DeFazio and Larsen devise Legislation for FAA funding during Shutdown Automatic Draws from Airport and Airway Trust Fund Aviation Trade Associations Coalition supports U.S. House Transportation and…
Southwest paid FAA for work during Shutdown Follows prior policy Future way to fund FAA? The “sturm und drang”[1] of the Partial Shutdown was the pressure cooker for many odd outcomes. The one described below…
IATA Rebukes India on CORSIA Snub Air pollution in India is so bad that it kills half a million people every year That report, which was published in February by Greenpeace, found that fine particulate…
Annual Attempt to see Over the Time Horizon If a thousand monkeys at a thousand keyboards could write Shakespeare eventually…? Our Panel of Experts, LT 1,000, try to predict what might happen next year Every…
Russia Wants Western-built Aircraft on RA-Registry Aeroflot and other Russian Aircraft are registered overseas Deputy Minister claims “capability” for airworthiness Foreign Registry to protect airworthiness, assure recovery in default and stability Imagine a meeting between…
Emotional Support Animals Negatively Affecting Air Travel ANPRM and Interim Policy draw 4,513 comments Many different perspectives Difficult to Synthesize AFA provides numbers and real experience After a number of bizarre incidents in which passengers…
Roll out of a plane does equate to a plane that will be bought Incumbents have a number of existing assets/services = ADVANTAGE Multiple articles have forewarned the impending doom of Boeing and Airbus, plus…