Regulations and Government
News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.
Universal Weather and Aviation is the first trip support provider to be accepted into the U.S. Customs & Border Protection Reimbursable Services Program.
Boeing works to gain regulatory approval for the 737 Max 10 ahead of introduction of new U.S. aircraft safety and certification legislation on January 1.
Mitigations to prevent 5G C-band interference will continue while airlines retrofit fleets with filters, new radar altimeters.
State bill would outlaw all "non-essential" helicopter traffic in New York City.
The FAA released proposed rulemaking this week to establish FAR Part 38, fuel-efficiency metric requirements for certain large subsonic jet and turboprops.
The Russian government this week ordered the country's aerospace groups to increase production of civil aircraft to an additional 1,000 units by 2030.
Acting administrator Nolen discussed a range of issues during the FAA-EASA Safety Conference, but emphasized the need for collaboration.
The National Air Transportation Association has released a guide for hangar operators wishing to better understand the updated hangar foam requirements
A second major delay interrupts Hansen Helicopter fraud trial.
The pilot's failure to avoid a thunderstorm and ATC's failure to provide info about that storm were cited by the NTSB as factors in a 2019 turboprop crash.
