STS Aviation Services (STS) gains CAA Part 145 approval to conduct base maintenance operations at its state-of-the-art aircraft maintenance facility in Birmingham, United Kingdom.Read More
A Special Issue on airworthiness, edited by the IFA member Professional Board Member Dr Kyriakos I. Kourousis, is available online in the open access Journal Aerospace.Read More
IFA Statement on COVID-19 “We want the air to unite the peoples, and not to divide them.[1]” Solidarity at a time of unprecedent threat is not a luxury it’s a necessity. Across the globe the impact of the coronavirus COVID-19 goes beyond the experience of recent decades. The interconnected nature of the world has presented a menace that requires us...Read More
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took a major step forward toward reintroducing supersonic commercial air travel with a proposed rulemaking to set noise certification standards for new supersonic aircraft - Read the press release and links to supporting documentsRead 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
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