My Experience as a John Saull Scholarship Recipient by Abenazer Tasissa Read below of what Abenazer Tasissa, our 2025 winner experienced.. My Experience as a John Saull Scholarship Recipient Attending the Aviation Safety Investigation course at Cranfield University was an incredible experience for me, both professionally and personally. Being selected as the recipient of the 2025 IFA/Cranfield John Saull Scholarship...Read More

Man jailed after selling £7m of fake plane parts By Joshua Askew A man has been jailed after selling almost £7m worth of counterfeit plane parts that grounded hundreds of international flights. Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, from Virginia Water in Surrey, previously admitted defrauding customers between 2019 and 2023 while director of UK company AOG Technics. The former techno DJ sold more...Read More

EASA Pilots Take Flight Testing COMAC C919 to New Heights in Shanghai By Aero News Journal The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has taken a significant step in the certification process for the COMAC C919 by conducting test flights in Shanghai. Pilots from EASA have performed verification and evaluation flights on the Chinese-manufactured narrowbody jet, assessing its performance, handling qualities, and...Read More

Emirates airline to hire 20,000 staff including pilots and cabin crew by 2030 Carrier does not see any impact on travel demand so far as US-Iran tension simmers By Deena Kamel Emirates airline needs to hire 20,000 “operational staff”, from pilots to engineers, over the next five years, coinciding with an aggressive jet delivery schedule and high travel demand across the...Read More

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy & FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford Unveil New Agency Structure to Enhance Safety, Embrace Innovation, & Increase Transparency U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford today announced their plan to implement a long overdue overhaul of the FAA’s organizational structure. The comprehensive re-organization – the largest in the...Read More

Montgomery Group advances its growth ambitions through the acquisition of Halldale Group and expands into the aviation and safety training sector Montgomery Group has announced an investment in Halldale Group, a leading global media and events business serving the aviation training, simulation and safety community. Founded more than 30 years ago by CEO Andy Smith, Halldale Group is best known...Read More

How FAA’s eVTOL Pilot Could Transform U.S. Air Travel By Jack Daleo, FLYING State, local, tribal, and territorial governments can participate in the program alongside private sector partners. The U.S. Department of Transportation and FAA are launching a series of pilot programs for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis, self-flying planes, short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, and...Read More

Talking to the European Commission’s Filip Cornelis In this episode of Raising the Aviation Bar, Filip Cornelis, Director for Aviation at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE), shares his insights as a key member of the Team Europe delegation to the 42nd ICAO General Assembly, a seminal event for world aviation every three years. Filip walks us...Read More

Aviation Coalition Report Shows Progress Implementing Recommendations to Prevent Unapproved Parts New Members Join Efforts to Strengthen Aviation Supply Chain Integrity A new report from the Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition, an organization formed to prevent unapproved parts from entering the industry, finds that companies are making progress implementing its initial recommendations. The report comes less than one year after the Coalition shared...Read More

Meet the Boeing engineer tasked with reviving the reputation for safety By Lauren Rosenblatt Don Ruhmann, Boeing’s chief aerospace safety officer, thinks the company is “poised” for change. Ruhmann, 61, is the second person to take on the role since Boeing created it in 2021, in the wake of two deadly 737 MAX crashes. His office is in charge of...Read More