Alaska Airlines renewed its IOSA Registry by completing the annual International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit ( IOSA ), which is designed to improve international air safety and cut down on the number of audits that aviation companies go through. IOSA measures standards in aircraft engineering and ... Read More »

Most aviation aftermarket news this week featured Dubai and the airshow  as the dateline (for good reason because MRO in the Middle East is definitely expanding rapidly), but here's an aftermarket tidbit that includes news between Taiwan, the U.S. Navy and StandardAero (which is owned by Dubai Aerospace ... Read More »

Birds and airplanes share certain similarities but clearly they shouldn't come in close contact.   The AviAssist Foundation said there's a serious problem in East Africa with bird strikes, so it just completed a four-day wildlife hazard management workshop in Tanzania.  Besides bird strike prevention, the ... Read More »

Links to written statements for today's House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on repair station security are available at the hearing's main page. A quick scan reveals few surprises from a policy/political standpoint, but some interesting tidbits nonetheless. ... Read More »

For those of you near Atlanta, you might be interested in attending the Atlanta Aero Club on Dec. 4 to hear Larry Lawson, executive VP and general manager of Lockheed Martin's F-22 program. Lawson is responsible for Raptor development, manufacture and sustainment efforts for the company. The Aero Club meeting will be held ... Read More »

Investigators haven't determined what caused a Qantas Airbus A330 to pitch down uncommanded during an otherwise routine cruise in October 2008, but facts uncovered so far and revealed in an interim report out Wednesday (.pdf) make a few things clear. ... Read More »

The House Homeland Security subcommittee responsible for transportation will ponder repair station security at a 2PM ET hearing tomorrow ... Read More »

Australian investigators haven't figured out what caused a cylinder used to supply passenger oxygen in an emergency to explode and blow a hole in the side of a Qantas Boeing 747 on a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne in July 2008, an ATSB interim report on the incident said. ... Read More »

Comlux selected the Tech Insertion configuration for new CFM56-5B engines that will power new Airbus ACJs. The engines are valued at $30 million at list prices. CFM said the Tech Insertion is designed to provide 1% better fuel consumption, compared to the baseline engine, and emit 25% lower NOx emissions. A CFM ... Read More »

COMAC Shanghai Aircraft Customer Service Co. Ltd., which was established to provide aircraft maintenance, pilot training, aviation and material leasing, and aviation technology consulting, selected CAE to provide two flight flight simulators that the company will use to train pilots on the ARJ21 regional jet. At ... Read More »