The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its annual airline safety report today. It confirms the widely held belief that air travel is getting safer. All the primary safety indicators improved against 2018 figures and against the 2014 - 2018 average. Here's what the safety report had to say. IATA has just...

 A group of industry leaders in aviation, medicine and technology have come together to press the UK government for support on a new initiative. The idea, codenamed Project Caircraft, presents the idea of converting hundreds of grounded widebody aircraft into temporary intensive care wards to assist in the battle against COVID-19. The group already ha...

  An Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration N416MC performing flight 5Y-8878 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Riga (Latvia), departed Amsterdam's runway 24 maintaining routine communication and had climbed to FL390 when dispatch requested the aircraft to return to Amsterdam. The crew subsequently t...

 No Comments on Dozens of United and Delta Air Lines pilots tested positive for COVID-19 United Airlines is losing more than $100 million in revenue per day, as planes fly with around just 15% of seats filled this week President Scott Kirby told employees Thursday in a town hall meeting. "The goal once we get down to October will be to get our...

  An Asiana Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration HL7420 performing flight OZ-952 from Hanoi (Vietnam) to Hong Kong (China), performed an ILS approach to Hong Kong's runway 07R at about 06:25L (22:25Z Mar 31st), approach advised the crew to be aware of possible glideslope fluctuations due to an ai...

 US Department of Transportations Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced the publication of a proposed rulemaking to establish a new database that will provide potential employers with rapid access to information about a pilots performance and employment records, the company said. This advancement will cut the amount of time for potent...

  A Vueling Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration EC-KLT performing flight VY-2220 from Seville,SP to Barcelona,SP (Spain), had just levelled off at FL360 after climbing out of Seville when the crew received indications of a possible engine (CFM56) problem. The crew decided to return to Seville for a safe ...

  A Martin Air Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration PH-CKA performing freight flight MP-7341 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP (Brazil) with 3 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Amsterdam's runway 36L when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed (about 118 knots over ground) afte...

  An ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-9, registration JA837A performing flight NH-919 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Shanghai Pudong (China), was in the initial climb out of Narita's runway 16R when a small plastics panel (size 30x16cm, 11x6 inches) departed the right hand engine (Trent 1000) without being n...

 Paul Frishkorn, a Philadelphia-based American Airlines flight attendant and union representative, died Monday from coronavirus, the airline confirmed Thursday. "Earlier this week, we lost a respected, longtime member of the American Airlines family, who tested positive for COVID-19," a statement from American Airlines released Thursday r...