Transair, a small all-cargo operator in Hawaii, is preparing to restart business after a serious accident in 2021 and a failed FAA attempt to pull its operating certificate.
A group of Senate Democrats told Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to stop mass layoffs and asked for details on Elon Musk’s involvement.
An inspector general’s report warns that DOT’s operating administrations are at risk for cyberattacks that could have a “major impact” on their missions.
More than 100 Boeing 757s that underwent passenger-to-freighter conversions by Precision Aircraft Solutions need to be inspected and repaired to address the risk of cracking in an external component.
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a civil penalty of $400,000 against cargo airline Kalitta Air for allegedly operating flights in a prohibited region when certain aircraft have a faulty multimode receiver. The agency announced Friday that Kalitta Air, based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, used prohibited procedures on 44 flights between late December 2022 and Jan. […]
A congressional waiver on sunsetting Boeing’s production of 767 freighters to comply with international emissions rules will benefit FedEx and UPS.
The Federal Aviation Administration has warned a cargo airline that supports the Pacific Islands that it plans to fine it $2.9 million for poor safety compliance.
The flight follows Zipline’s FAA approval to remove visual observers from its drone delivery operations, opening up longer routes and becoming accessible to more customers.
The Federal Aviation Administration and Customs and Border Protection are two key agencies involved in goods movement that will be short-handed if the government shuts down nonessential services.
The latest FAA approval for Zipline could mean a huge step forward in drone delivery.
Having obtained a milestone Standard Part 135 Air Carrier Certification, Flytrex is ready for takeoff.
The e-commerce giant’s long-awaited drone delivery service finally got off the ground on Christmas Eve.
Drone delivery provider Matternet is ready for takeoff after receiving a milestone Production Certificate from the FAA this week.
DroneDek and A2Z Drone Delivery are integrating DroneDek’s “mailbox of the future” with A2Z’s Rapid Delivery System drone solution.
Drone systems operator American Robotics gets milestone approval and waiver from the FAA.
Delivery radius expands from 1 to 2 nautical miles
Amazon must complete 7,000 test flights as part of a federal regulatory requirement for durability and reliability.
Flytrex can now reach 100,000 eligible customers after the FAA signed off on doubling its delivery radius.
Zipline received an FAA Part 135 air carrier certification that gives it the largest commercial drone delivery radius in the U.S.
After enduring years of setbacks, Amazon’s drone delivery program is finally ready for takeoff.
FAA’s new optimized descent procedures and their aviation benefits
Manna, an Ireland-based drone delivery company, plans to bring its service to the U.S. and mainland Europe.
Passengers get a smoother journey, airlines save money, and air pollution is reduced with new aircraft descent procedures at large U.S. airports.
Congress, regulators and industry are trying to develop a long-term plan that would allow 5G cell towers to coexist with airport traffic.
Extra safety precautions, for cargo and crew, are needed when vaccines need ultra-cold transport by air. The FAA wants to fine-tune its safety guidance.
Nearly 80% of the U.S. commercial fleet has been deemed safe to operate around 5G antennas, but not some of the largest freighters in the FedEx and UPS fleets.
FedEx wants to study the feasibility of putting a laser on planes to divert potential missile strikes. The FAA has shelved its review for the time being.
The drone delivery company gets a big boost in North Carolina, where it now covers about 10,000 households with its delivery service.
The FAA has greenlighted the Drone Racing League to take the lead on drone safety as the first-ever UAS event organizer and the newest member of the agency’s Partnership for Safety Plan.
In some drone delivery consolidation, DroneUp acquired digital airspace and automation company AirMap and its airspace traffic management technology.
DroneDek CEO Dan O’Toole spoke to Modern Shipper about his pleas to the FAA and how drones can solve the supply chain backlog.
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Commercial drone highways are gaining traction, but not everyone thinks they’re the way forward.
Two leading drone associations agree with the NTSB regarding investigation of drone accidents, but they differ on what should trigger those investigations.
The Federal Aviation Administration puts Transair on freeze because of safety concerns.
The FAA is giving airlines until the end of the year to run passenger freighters with cargo on seats and other parts of the cabin where people normally travel.
After a slow start, Morgan Stanley sees the urban air mobility market quickly accelerating after the year 2040, growing from a $1.5 trillion market size to more than $9 trillion in 10 years.
Bad apples can jump from one company to another because their full employment history doesn’t always follow them. It happens in all industries. But when bad pilots get a second chance, it can be deadly.
The FAA has approved a request from Flytrex to expand its drone delivery pilot program in North Carolina to include delivery to customers’ yards.
Wing, which has been testing drone delivery in Virginia, has requested an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration guidelines that would allow it to operate drones remotely rather than from a central command station.
UrbanFootprint is looking at case studies on drone deliveries, focusing on how its tools can help municipalities and drone providers with planning logistics.
Flytrex, which is testing drone grocery delivery in North Carolina, has landed $9 million in funding to help it scale production in the U.S. as it nears FAA certification.
Delivery drone manufacturer Flirtey is ramping up production and now taking preorders for its system.
As drone delivery tests ramp up, a patchwork of regulations make some states more friendly to the process than others.
United Airlines’ cargo division has been riding high the past year. But it could lose some resources as the company realigns the fleet to make up for the suspension of two dozen 777-200s after an engine blowout.
How quickly drone package delivery becomes a reality is dependent on a couple of factors, perhaps none bigger than whether the public is ready to accept it.
The FAA is adding new experts to its Drone Advisory Committee.
Mainstream commercial use of small unmanned aircraft for a variety of applications, including package delivery, is around the corner. New FAA regulations create a pathway for drones to operate safely with fewer limitations.
Pilots and air traffic controllers can take both new coronavirus vaccines under new guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Pilots could have violated their medical authorizations to fly if they took the COVID-19 vaccine on their own without permission. The FAA removed that issue and gave them permission Saturday.
Nobody likes a line cutter, but when it comes to the rush delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, the Federal Aviation Administration is making an exception.
The more dry ice used to cool a pharmaceutical shipment, the less product that can be carried on a plane. That’s because dry ice is poisonous when it turns to gas. The FAA issued guidelines to help airlines manage the dry ice risk.
Who will get to the front of the COVID vaccination line? Virtually everyone agrees front-line doctors and nurses, and people in nursing homes, should be first, but after that industry sectors are fighting over who is more important. Freight transportation groups say they should be in the top tier.
Delta Air Lines is stripping — seats that is. Removing seats from passenger aircraft adds capacity for lucrative cargo.
There was a marked difference in how Canada and the U.S. reacted to the opportunity of transforming passenger aircraft into twin-deck freighters by removing the seats. One country moved very fast. The other was slow to the party.
Recipe for disaster: a pilot who made serious mistakes, panicked, had a history of reacting poorly under stress and lied about it to his employer – Atlas Air.
The FAA’s ruling allowing airlines to jam more cargo in the cabin by removing passenger seats may be a pyrrhic victory. The incentive to do so may have passed.
The FAA chief was on the hot seat during a Senate hearing Wednesday looking into reforming the certification process for new aircraft after the 737 MAX grounding.
The U.S. Senate is proposing fixes for the FAA certification of new aircraft. It’s an issue after the Boeing 737 MAX was grounded.
One of the big innovations for passenger airlines during the coronavirus era is using their planes as dedicated cargo haulers. Cargo 2.0 was putting boxes in storage bins and other seats. Cargo 3.0 is cargo on seats.
Drone technology provider to UPS Flight Forward aims for unmanned aircraft systems certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
Alaska Airlines may be late to the party when it comes to using passenger aircraft as freighters, but it wants to be an early adopter of using passenger seats for storage.
FAA cuts tower hours for air traffic control, but airports should continue to function smoothly.
Domestic airlines want to put cargo in passenger seats or stacked on the cabin floor, as some foreign counterparts are already doing. But they first need authorization from U.S. authorities.
The airline industry is considered essential to keeping the creaky economy going, but pilots, flight attendants and ground workers don’t always feel they are treated as essential when it comes to protection from the coronavirus.
A major pilots union is criticizing airlines for allegedly skirting recommended best practices to protect workers from the coronavirus.
The FAA is making it easier for airlines to survive the current economic crisis by quickly ruling on how to carry cargo in the passenger cabin and relaxing takeoff and landing quotas.
American will penalize shippers who don’t show up or cancel a booking at the last minute, while Delta is adding more capacity for its scheduled cargo routes to Asia.
Cargo has had a window view on some international airlines. Now U.S. airlines are looking to load boxes in the passenger cabin when operating in cargo-only mode. The next step — remove the seats altogether.
Drone use for package deliveries is expected to remain largely grounded by regulatory and infrastructural hurdles during the next few years, according to Frost and Sullivan.
A pilot’ union says airlines need to be held more accountable for protecting cockpit crews from the coronavirus, but at the corporate level all airlines appear to be taking health guidelines very seriously.
Airlines are seen as a critical link even as passenger travel sinks to record lows and carriers downsize fleets.
Pilots can fly aircraft with expired medical certificates for three extra months because the FAA doesn’t want to burden healthcare workers or increase chances for spreading the coronavirus.
Airlines are getting hammered by falling demand and now will lose much of the trans-Atlantic market entirely for a month as the U.S. bans travel from Europe.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s drone remote identification rulemaking was years in the making, but the agency doesn’t want to give industry and drone users extra time to comment on its proposal. The FAA issued its remote ID notice of proposed rulemaking in late December and gave the public until March 2 to submit comments. The […]
Boeing is planning to begin 777X deliveries next year, but it is unclear when airlines will begin flying the new widebody.
Boeing’s 737 MAX production won’t come rushing back as soon as regulators lift the aircraft’s flight ban. Slow and steady is the plan.
The FAA says UPS didn’t comply with hazmat rules for air transport when it didn’t make sure a shipment it received was safe to fly.
Boeing estimates regulators won’t lift the 737 MAX grounding until mid-year, at the earliest, which means the production line might not restart until 2021.
Changes need to be made, but the process the Federal Aviation Administration uses to certify aircraft — including the grounded Boeing 737 MAX — is effective and a significant contributor to the world’s safest aviation system, according to a panel of outside safety experts. In a report that is sure to rile Boeing (NYSE: BA) […]
U.S. cargo airlines had requested exemptions from the ban.
Pushing back reintroduction of the 737 MAX into airline schedules has become a predictable routine. American Airlines now says it won’t start flying the plane until June 4. Let’s see if that holds.
For the second time in five weeks, the Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a multi-million dollar penalty against Boeing for allegedly installing improperly manufactured components on the wings of some of its 737s. The latest penalty proposal, announced by FAA late Friday afternoon, is $5.4 million for allegedly installing noncomforming slat tracks on approximately 178 […]
The ban follows an Iranian missile attack on U.S. military assests in Iraq.
Boeing’s troubles keep mounting with the 737 MAX, but there are indications that regulators may be able to clear the plane for flight again in a few months.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, Jan. 6 that it is closely monitoring events in the Middle East “to identify potential risks to civil aviation safety.” FAA’s statement comes in the wake of a U.S. drone attack early Jan. 3 in Baghdad that killed Iran’s top military commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani. “We continue to […]
The proposed rule will cover just about every drone operating in the U.S.
Pemco wants to convert newer aircraft.
Drone rulemaking delayed for fourth time this year.
The chill felt in Southwest Airlines’ fourth quarter financial report won’t be weather-related, but because of the 737 MAX.
Boeing is like a boxer on the ropes. The latest body blow is having to suspend production of the 737 MAX while it undergoes further safety reviews.
The rolling delays for airlines to add the 737 MAX to their schedules continue, with an announcement by American and Southwest saying it got Boeing to pay it compensation for the grounded aircraft.
Boeing Co. and the FAA are under intense scrutiny from Congress in the wake of the 737 MAX crashes. The House T&I Committee held its fifth hearing on the subject Dec. 11 in effort to tighten FAA certifications.
When it rains it pours and Boeing Co. could use an umbrella. Now the FAA is piling on with its own complaint against the airplane maker.
Lufthansa Airlines is being called out by the FAA for allegedly going behind its back to operate at two U.S. airports without approval. Agencies don’t like it when someone tries to deceive them.
Electric truck maker Workhorse Inc. is selling its Surefly flying car project to aerospace and defense contractor Moog Inc. for $4 million and forming a joint venture with Moog to boost its truck-based drone delivery efforts.
Air Canada said Wednesday that it has removed the Boeing 737 MAX from its flying schedule until February 14 because ongoing regulatory uncertainty could cause problems as it launches a new reservation system. Transportation authorities around the world grounded the MAX, a more fuel-efficient update for the popular short-to-medium range jet, in March after two […]
St Louis Lambert Airport is seeking an investor
Taken by themselves, recent safety concerns with Boeing aircraft might be seen as part of normal checks and balances. But in the wake of the 737 MAX accidents, any safety question is receiving extra public scrutiny.
The logistically challenging final mile of delivery accounts for 53% of the total cost of delivery. Autonomous drone technologies could drastically reduce that percentage.
