The following information was released by the Federal Aviation Administration:   U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for general aviation. The COE will focus research and testing efforts ...

Chinese authorities have conducted a search and rescue exercise simulating the ditching of a twin-engined aircraft in water off Shanghai.   The exercise, in the Yangtze estuary near Baoshan, included a full-sized mock-up of an aircraft resembling an Airbus A320, painted in the colours of fictional carrier Panocean Airline.   China's ministry ...

By ANDY PASZTOR   (WSJ) After air-traffic controllers mistakenly put passenger jets on collision courses at Chicago O'Hare International Airport twice last year, only swift action by cockpit crews prevented deadly midair accidents, according to pilot testimony released Monday by federal accident investigators.   In detailing the sequence of ...

Now being tested by four carriers, the technology gives pilots objective, current data on conditions. By ANDY PASZTOR   (WSJ)  Mike Dahl has spent the past five years looking for a way to keep airliners from rolling off slippery runways. Now, U.S. carriers and regulators increasingly see his idea as a potential safety breakthrough.   ...

Acting Federal Aviation Administrator Michael Huerta today announced a collaborative NextGen effort that will increase safety and efficiency while reducing aircraft emissions for the passengers, air traffic controllers and airlines flying into and out of many of Florida's major airports. The announcement was made at JetBlue University, the carrier's train...

The Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA) joined regulatory, federal, state, and local law enforcement representatives at a Trenton, New Jersey, news conference today to underscore the safety threat posed by laser attacks on aircraft and highlight the public's need to be aware of the danger and the legal consequences of deliberately or unintentionally ...

Taiwan, which is seeing a boom in tourism from China, will spend Tw$463 billion ($15.4 billion) on a new terminal and other facilities at its main airport, the government said Wednesday. In addition to a third terminal at the Taoyuan international airport in the island's north, the surrounding area will get an aerospace industrial park and special zones f...

Regulations proposed by the EU's air safety agency for reducing fatigue in the cockpit are too lax, reflecting pressure from the airline industry for more flexibility, leaders of the European pilots' organisation said yesterday (17 September). The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is due to table recommendations to tighten existing rules, chopping up...

By ANDY PASZTOR, JON OSTROWER and KATE LINEBAUGH   (WSJ) Federal safety watchdogs on Friday called on U.S. aviation regulators to mandate stringent repetitive inspections of all General Electric Co. GE +0.41%engines used on Boeing Co.'s BA -0.42%787 and newest 747 models, citing a "threat of multiple engine failures on a single aircraft.&quo...

Airline travel has a tendency to up the stress level of most passengers because of its lack of legroom, meager food options and long lines. And then there's the waiting and hurrying and wondering if that checked bag made the connection.   Travelers expect these experiences when they arrive at the departure area of a major airport. But something they...