Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport will significantly reduce its operations after a ruling from Amsterdam Court of Appeal. The court has ruled that Dutch government can continue with plans to reduce Amsterdam Airport’s annual flight capacity in an attempt to reduce the noise pollution and help the country meet its climate goals. The…
In spite of economic sanctions enacted by the West, millions of dollars’ worth of aircraft parts made their way into Russia in 2022. The New York Times reported that $14.4 million US-made parts were smuggled into Russia in 2022 citing customs data, of which about $9 million were Boeing parts….
Bristol Airport has welcomed a court decision that will allow expansion of the south-west English hub. The ruling in favour of the government and against the Bristol Airport Action Network means the airport can go ahead with plans to increase capacity from 10 million to 12 million passengers a year….
Schiphol Airport is to get a new director of corporate legal with the appointment of Baukje Dreimüller by Royal Schiphol Group. Dreimüller “has a background in law”, the Group said, ahead of her switching from Renewi, an international waste and recycling management company listed on Euronext and the London Stock…
Go First is planning to take legal action against Pratt & Whitney for not providing compensation for their grounded planes due to engine supply delays. According to a source from the airline: “Till March 2020, PW provided spare engines on time, repaired without cost, and provided some compensation. However, the…
Airbus said this week it was fined around €15.86 million over “past matters relating to the use of intermediaries in sales campaigns prior to 2012”. The agreement with France’s financial prosecutions office came after the manufacturer was accused of bribery in Libya and Kazakhstan over a decade ago – which…
Summer 2013 will see talks begin between the EU and the United States on producing a free-trade agreement that would give birth to the largest free trade zone on the planet, significant enough to add 0.5% or €86bn to overall EU GDP and 0.4% or €65bn to the US economy…
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) warned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) against further muddying the rules governing aviation maintenance. In comments submitted Nov. 19 to the FAA’s rewrite of 14 CFR part 145, the association expressed concerns the agency’s proposed rulemaking unnecessarily complicates the regulatory framework. While the FAA…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined that pilots on a Tiger Airways aircraft used incorrect altitude information and the airline had an inconsistent safety management system, which contributed to the airline being grounded. Following the investigation of a low approach of a Tiger A320 aircraft into Melbourne Airport…
UN aviation body ICAO will recommend creating a cyber security task force at a meeting next week in Canada. A task force is needed due to an increasing reliance on interconnected IT systems with operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Linux, and protocols such as IPv6 and Avionics Full…
UN aviation body ICAO will recommend creating a cyber security task force at a meeting next week in Canada. A task force is needed due to an increasing reliance on interconnected IT systems with operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Linux, and protocols such as IPv6 and Avionics Full…
Are you having a problem with OEMs starting to charge for intellectual property rights (IP) rights with regard to continued airworthiness? You are not alone. Component repair and overhaul is where the first salvo of litigation will strike this year in the battle to stem anti-competitive practices in our industry…
