Read IFA Observer, Trevor Woods summary of video conference on what ICAO is facilitating in relation to Airworthiness and COVID-19. This content is only available to IFA members. Join now or log inRead More

ARSA – From the FAA: Exemptions, Deviations and Other Virus Related Information March 26, 2020 The FAA’s Flight Standards organization has issued several deviation and information memoranda and bulletins to assist in continued operations of air carrier, schools, pilots and repair stations. While most of these documents are available on the agency’s Flight Standards Information Management System (FSIMS; Order 8900.1),...Read More

Airbus has revealed it is operating flights with test aircraft between China and Europe to transport medical supplies in the international effort against Covid-19.Read More

The Chinese CAAC has published advice in English for safe operation of civil aviation in response to the COVID-19, including guidance for maintenance workers.Read More

ICAO, WHO, IATA and ACI have worked in close cooperation in the development of this single source for aviation-specific guidelines with the objective of ensuring appropriate planning and action at all levels and thus in order to mitigate the effects of a human outbreak.Read More

COVID-19 and European airlines: zero capacity becomes a reality CAPA – Centre for Aviation, part of the Aviation Week Network report on the drop of year-on-year figures and how zero capacity could even become a reality. Read the full report Read More

An Airbus Model A321-231 airplane, powered by IAE V2533-A5 model turbofan engines, experienced an uncontained high-pressure turbine (HPT) 1st-stage disk failure that resulted in an aborted takeoff.Read More

With airlines grounding planes for long periods, will the MRO industry see an uptick in maintenance requests, or will the opposite hold true, with airlines tightening purse strings?Read More

Sadly, after 10 years service our current Financial Director is retiring and we are searching for a new FD to take over the role.Read More

Henry Canaday writing for Aviation Week Network on 17th March 2020 gives an overview of the recent annual ARSA Symposium.Read More