DWS Aviation

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided to lower Israel’s aviation security ranking after an inspection revealed what the FAA termed “severe security shortcomings in Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority.”

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking steps to strengthen security vis-à-vis general aviation (GA) “to minimise further the vulnerability of GA aircraft flights being used to deliver illicit materials, transport dangerous individuals or employ aircraft as a weapon.”

The Unites States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has re-issued an urgent airworthiness directive requiring that pilots of Boeing 737 aircraft be advised to pay attention if they hear an in-flight warning horn.

The number of reported incidents concerning aircraft safety on Australian aircraft has gone up considerably in the last five years, a new report has revealed.

Virgin Atlantic, the airline based in the United Kingdom, has initiated an investigation into some of its crew members who allegedly criticised the carrier’s safety standards on social the networking website Facebook.

From January 2009, the United States Department of Homeland Security will take over responsibility for checking airline passenger names against government watch-lists.

The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ordered that some Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines be inspected after a Pratt PW2037 engine on a Delta Air Lines jet failed during takeoff in Las Vegas, the United States, on August 6, 2008.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), the airline regulator of Australia, has suspended operation of the small airline Aero Tropics Air Services because of safety concerns.

Update: It has been confirmed that the small plane found wrecked in the area near Mammoth Lakes, California -- where a hiker found Steve Fossett's identification and a sweatshirt -- is indeed Steve Fossett's Bellanca Super Decathlon airplane. Initial information coming to us indicate that the Bellanca Decathlon flew into the ...

The two pilots who shocked the airline industry by dozing off during a flight and sending air traffic controllers into panic mode have now received their licenses back.

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced new steps as well as 13 recommendations to enhance its supervision of aviation safety.

The stern restrictions now in place on carrying liquids and gels in hand luggage on flights have been extended by another 5 yeas.

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the aviation watchdog of the United States, is investigating 17 cases in which 11 airlines did not comply with the US government’s safety directives.

In the latest in a series of mechanical problems that have been plaguing Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, in the last about two months, two flights were cancelled.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia, the country’s national aviation regulator, has warned Qantas Airways Limited that its “maintenance has fallen below the airline’s own benchmarks and needs to improve.”

Jazz Air LP, the Canadian airline that is the regional affiliate of Air Canada, has decided to do away with lifevests from all its planes with a view reducing weight and thereby cutting fuel costs.

Southwest Airlines Company, the biggest low-cost airline in the United States, has said it will not abide by the deadline for paying a fine of $10.2 million imposed on it for having flown its jets without required inspections.

Investigators in Spain are trying to find out whether the Spanair’s MD-82 plane that crashed last week had gained adequate speed for takeoff and also whether the ill-fated aircraft’s flaps operated properly.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the United States has said it is launching an investigation into the “multiple security violations” by American Eagle Airlines at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.

Adding another dimension to the beleaguered aviation industry, pilots are complaining that, in a desperate attempt to cut costs, airline companies are forcing them to fly “uncomfortably low on fuel,” thereby putting at risk the safety of passengers and crew.

There has been yet another incident of mechanical fault on a Qantas Airways’ plane – this time, on a domestic flight heading from Melbourne to Canberra.

Qantas Airways has completed examination of all oxygen tanks aboard its fleet of Boeing 747-400s aircraft (jumbo aircraft). This has been done in an attempt to find out the cause of the on-board explosion in the Qantas Airways’ jumbo jet on a flight from London to Melbourne in Australia on July 25, 2008.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), Australia’s aviation watchdog, has decided to investigate Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia.

Globespan Airways, a budget airline based in Edinburgh, Scotland, has been fined £5,000 (€6,300) for having allowed a faulty jet to complete a 6,000-mile round trip from New York, the United States, to Liverpool, the United Kingdom, and back across the Atlantic despite knowing  that there was a problem with its engine monitors after it had been struck by lightning.

A passenger’s choice of seat in an aircraft has much to do with his safety.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the country, has ordered immediate inspection of throttles on small personal jets manufactured by Eclipse Aviation after one Eclipse 500 plane made an emergency landing at Chicago’s Midway International Airport on June 5, 2008.

A major legislation aimed at modernising air traffic system, increasing safety supervision and improving customer service in the United States has met with failure in the Senate.

Transport Canada, the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in the country, has been found guilty of laxity in overseeing the aviation industry properly.