Source: SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission charged The Boeing Company and its former CEO, Dennis A. Muilenburg, with making materially misleading public statements following crashes of Boeing airplanes in 2018 and 2019. The crashes involved Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane and a flight control function called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS). According to the SEC’s orders, after the first crash, Boeing and Muilenburg knew that MCAS posed an ongoing airplane safety issue, but nevertheless assured the public that the 737 MAX airplane was “as safe as any airplane that has ever flown the skies.” Later, following the second crash, Boeing and Muilenburg assured the public that there were no slips or gaps in the certification process with respect to [...]

Source: US DOT Flight Cancellations Drop From 3.1% in June to 1.8% in July The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of July for on-time performance, consumer complaints received, mishandled baggage, and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters. There was a 16.5% increase in air travel service complaints from June to July, and complaints are more than 260% above pre-pandemic levels. The previous report from June showed a 34.9% increase from May to June, and complaints were nearly 270% above pre-pandemic levels. The ATCR is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by airlines. DOT remains committed to ensuring airline passengers are treated [...]

Source: TIACA The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) announces the pioneering launch customers for the air cargo industry’s first multi-sector sustainability verification program. Following the announcement of the launch of the BlueSky Program at the March Executive Summit, a successful pilot program was run with airline and ground handling companies. The TIACA BlueSky program, open to the entire industry, not just TIACA members, is now ready to launch live operations with the first wave of participants representing organizations from the airline, airport, freight forwarder, ground handler and GSSA sectors. The TIACA BlueSky launch participants: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Astral Aviation Brussels Airport CHI (Cargo Handling International) Edmonton International Airport Etihad Cargo Flexport HACTL (Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited) Strike Aviation [...]

Source: ICAO Hundreds of Ministers and other high-level officials from 193 countries, including local government dignitaries, will be hosted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) at its 41st triennial Assembly taking place as a hybrid event from 27 September to 7 October 2022. Given that the negotiations will be of critical importance to governments’ abilities to charter a sustainable and resilient recovery of the global aviation sector from the effects of the pandemic, the 2022 ICAO Assembly has attracted a tremendous amount of interest from aviation regulators, operators, and non-governmental organizations. It will be preceded by the ICAO Innovation Fair, where world leading manufacturers and operators will be showcasing tomorrow’s aviation technologies. The Innovation Fair runs from 24 to 26 September. The Fair [...]

Source: ALTA The program “The Most Important Flight”, has as its central theme taking care of the mind and emotions as part of the integral health of people, especially pilots, co-pilots, flight attendants, flight mechanics, air traffic controllers, ground staff as well as partners and users in the civil aviation industry Guided by the commitment to work to continue raising aviation safety standards and ESG-oriented commitments, ALTA launched on Monday (19), in Brasília, a project in partnership with the Brazilian psychologist, psychiatrist, professor and writer Augusto Cury, which will focus on knowing fundamental aspects of mental and emotional health and how to act preventively to maintain the well-being of employees, partners and users of the civil aviation industry. Since the [...]

Source: ACI-LAC Universal Weather & Aviation, Inc is the global leader in general and corporate aviation mission management, now becoming ACI-LAC’s newest World Business Partner Universal Weather & Aviation, Inc is the global leader in general and corporate aviation mission management, now becoming ACI-LAC’s newest World Business Partner. Universal Weather & Aviation, Inc. has operations centers in Houston, Sao Paulo, London, and Hong Kong, facilitating of missions since they were founded in 1959. Today, the Universal Aviation ground support division averages 30,000 handlings per year. Dr. Rafael Echevarne, General Director of ACI-LAC, states, "General Aviation is an important part of the airport business in many Latin American and Caribbean airports. Our airports in the region currently face many challenges, so we are delighted [...]

Source: ALTA Latin America and the Caribbean continues to be the world's region with the fastest recovery from pre-pandemic levels Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) passenger traffic continues to recover faster than the rest of the regions, reaching 90.5% of its July 2019 levels, followed by Africa with 87% and North America with 85%. For July 2022, in the international market, three countries in the region stand out as having surpassed the levels reached in 2019: Dominican Republic, which reached 116% compared to 2019, representing a 16% growth. Followed by Colombia (109%) and Mexico (106%). ALTA's Traffic Report shows that in the month of July 2022, 29.7 million passengers were transported in the region and, in the accumulated January-July, [...]

Source: ACI Asia-Pacific China's tougher border measures and Japan's cautious approach towards relaxation of inbound travel restrictions could displace Asia-Pacific as the world's largest air passenger market for the year 2022. Asia-Pacific which has dominated the civil aviation market for several years prior to the pandemic, is estimated to finish second, behind Europe in terms of passenger share, and at a comparable level with North America. The latest ACI Asia-Pacific forecast indicates that by the end of 2022, passenger traffic will only recover by about 55% as compared to pre-pandemic levels. This is in stark contrast to other regions where recovery is substantially higher, and indeed estimated to be approximately between 70% and 80%, respectively. In 2019, 3.38 billion passengers [...]