IFA attends the annual ICAO Airworthiness Panel meetings as an Observer.  Dave Lewis has been our representative attending and reporting on the yearly meetings.  After 6 years Dave has decided to retire but the work will continue, so we are pleased to advise that Trevor Woods has agreed and been accepted by ICAO to continue the Observer role and recently met...Read More

Includes the AAIB Field Investigation Report into the Boeing 737 4Q8 loss of electrical power, en route to East Midlands Airport October 2018.Read More

AIRBUS has formed a new digital alliance with Delta Air Lines aimed at developing new predictive maintenance and health-monitoring solutions for global airline customers.Read More

The “Civil and Military Airworthiness: Recent Developments and Challenges” Special Issue will cover a broad range of contemporary issues and research conducted in the fields of initial and continuing airworthiness, both in the civil and military aviation. This Special Issue offers the opportunity to academics, researchers, and industry practitioners working in the broader airworthiness area to publish their original research...Read More

Airline Business spoke to Clark in London during September, he was most focused on the next steps for his airline and the looming challenges in the industry.Read More

Jelle Hieminga, Lecturer Aviation Academy was delighted to accept an invitation to attend the CHC Safety & Quality Summit and present on the joint IFA research project.Read More

IFA Professional Member, Andy Evans, Director, Aerossurance Ltd shares his report and considers the Lessons Learned following the publication of the final ATSB report into the 2014 ATR72 serious incident.Read More

Recommendation 6 of the FAA-commissioned 'Boeing 737 MAX Flight Control System by JATR’, released 11th October, was for a more ‘holistic, integrated aircraft-level approach’ to aircraft certification.  Read More

NASA’s X-57 Maxwell, the agency’s first all-electric X-plane and first crewed X-planed in two decades, is delivered to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, in its Mod II configuration.Read More

Documentary about the development of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The 747 was a game changer, the airliner that revolutionised mass, cheap air travel. But the first wide-bodied plane was originally intended as a stopgap to Boeing's now-abandoned supersonic jet. This is the remarkable untold story of the jumbo, a billion-dollar gamble that pushed 1960s technology to the limits to...Read More