Source: FAA The FAA's Zero Tolerance policy against unruly passenger behavior and its public awareness campaign has decreased the rate of unruly incidents by nearly 60 percent. But as today’s announcement demonstrates, more work remains The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed the largest-ever fines ever against two passengers for alleged unruly behavior. The fines of $81,950 and $77,272, respectively, are part of the approximately $2 million the agency has proposed since Jan. 1, 2022. “If you are on an airplane, don’t be a jerk and don’t endanger the flight crews and fellow passengers. If you do, you will be fined by the FAA,” U.S. Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg told THE VIEW today when he announced the fines. The $81,950-fine involves [...]

Source: CANSO CANSO and ATCA are pleased to announce the 2022 Maverick Awards, to be presented at World ATM Congress. The Awards recognise outstanding achievement in innovation, collaboration, resilience, and sustainability in air traffic management (ATM). They showcase the brightest ideas for the future, recognise positive contributions to the environment and conservation, celebrate the cooperation between partners and stakeholders, and promote overall excellence in the aviation industry. The Awards also enable ATCA and CANSO to further their partnership in recognising and showcasing the great work individuals, teams, and organisations are doing across sectors, and acknowledging those who have made outstanding contributions. As ever there are four categories in this year’s competition: Collaboration Award – Recognises the importance of effective relationships and collaborations [...]

Source: ICAO ICAO and the International Forum for Aviation Research (IFAR) will scale-up their cooperation and information sharing to promote innovation through a new agreement concluded in Montreal. The agreement was signed on the occasion of a high-level meeting between the Secretary General, the President of the ICAO Council and Council members and IFAR Principals. Both parties acknowledged the need for the independent assessment of innovations to frame and protect the notion of general interest, within the context of a variety of transformative changes within the aviation industry. Focusing on the promotion of the innovative and sustainable development of international civil aviation globally, the Memorandum of Understanding calls for ICAO and IFAR to cooperate toward their respective safety, security, and [...]

Source: A4A Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, joined a coalition of travel-industry groups in a letter on Friday urging White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha to lift the requirement for pre-departure testing for vaccinated passengers traveling to the United States as well as the federal mask mandate. Download [76.62 KB]

Source: ACI World Memorandum of Cooperation will bring greater cooperation aimed at airport safety and compliance ACI World and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) that will see the two organizations working together on various programs and initiatives to enhance airport safety and aerodrome certification, primarily in the Latin America region. Bringing together ACI World as trade association of the world's airports and EASA as Europe's air transport safety regulator, this arrangement will enable ACI World and EASA to share resources, knowledge, and data to realize concrete results and benefits for aviation safety, security, and the overall sustainability of the aviation system. This collaboration will include: Providing assistance to airports in the [...]

Source: ALTA Linkedin feed Jose Ricardo Botelho, CEO and Executive Director of the Latin American & Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), joined the panel “Driving Innovation for a Sustainable Future: From eVTOLs to Green Airports” moderated by Pilar W., Americas Air Transport Editor at Flight Global with the participation of James Dorris, CEO of ODIS Aviation; Luiz Castanha, Sales Director of SITA and Dr. Rafael Echevarne, Director General of Airports Council International – Latin America and Caribbean (ACI-LAC), as speakers. The panel discussed the challenges on regulations, certifications, infrastructure, safety and air traffic management when it comes to the technological progress and its many applications that will help us reduce emissions, noise and costs According to the Economic Commission for [...]

Source: ALTA The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), represented by its Executive Director & CEO, José Ricardo Botelho, together with the Secretary General of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC), Jaime Binder, held meetings with the Minister of Transports and Telecommunications of Chile, Mr. Juan Carlos Muñoz Abogabir, and the Undersecretary of Tourism of Chile, Mrs. Verónica Kunze Neubauer. During these meetings, both organizations, which represent the public and private sectors, agreed to highlight that Chile has great tourism potential and that more than 90% of its population is already fully vaccinated, which generates exceptional health safety conditions. “After two years of travel restrictions in the region, the phenomenon known as “revenge tourism” is beginning to [...]