Airspace Watch
Safety, regulation, and operations across contested skies.
EASA’s Innovative Air Mobility Forum highlighted unresolved governance and technical questions around U-space, while the agency’s regulatory revision is targeted for the second quarter of...
Florida has become the seventh location in the federal eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, with BETA and Joby conducting demonstration flights around Tampa Bay.
A.L. Mangham Jr. Regional Airport in Texas is considering a $500 annual permit, a 20-cent-per-gallon fee and insurance requirements for pilots bringing approved outside fuel...
Banning, California, officials are considering a nonbinding framework for closing Banning Municipal Airport and redeveloping its land, but the proposal does not authorize closure or...
A new FAA airworthiness directive will require inspections and recurring checks on certain Fairchild/Swearingen Metroliner and Merlin aircraft after reports of in-flight pitch-trim actuator failures....
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has released its Annual Safety Review 2026, examining accidents, serious incidents and leading safety risks across European aviation.
A survey of almost 7,200 European airline captains and first officers found widespread reports of microsleeps, insufficient rest and pressure to continue working while fatigued....
Russia’s aviation regulator temporarily stopped flight arrivals and departures at all four airports serving Moscow on October 23, citing flight safety.
Saudi Arabia’s aviation authority says a second person has died after the October 21 attack at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the agency’s new SMART air-traffic management system could give business aviation operators better visibility into access to the National Airspace...
The FAA has released draft standards for facilities serving vertical-takeoff aircraft, including guidance for vertiport layouts, rooftop sites, charging systems and airport integration.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the agency is willing to examine proposals involving additional training and aircraft modifications that could support single-pilot operations in certain...
Airline crews use onboard biohazard kits to contain vomit and other bodily-fluid contamination, but severe cases can require specialist cleaning, carpet removal or flight cancellation....
The FAA has issued BETA Technologies the first Special Airworthiness Market Survey Certificate for an electric VTOL aircraft.
Contour Airlines is scheduled to begin Essential Air Service from DuBois Regional Airport to Atlanta and Chicago O’Hare on February 1, 2027.
A Mirage 2000D from Nancy-Ochey Air Base crashed near Rogéville on October 20 while returning from a mission, France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces said....
The FAA announced on October 20 that it had issued the Boeing 737 MAX 10 an amended type certificate, allowing production and deliveries to domestic...
A federal announcement dated October 19 says New Mexico is the sixth location to launch activity under the eVTOL Integration Pilot Program.
Tesla demonstrated an unoccupied Roadster prototype performing short aerial maneuvers at SpaceX’s testing facility in McGregor, Texas.
Utah-based Wasatch Aero has outlined a four-seat, twin-turboprop aircraft aimed at multiengine training and personal aviation.
The FAA is reinstating a flight deck training program that lets controllers observe pilot workload and cockpit procedures during commercial, general aviation and military flights....
U.S. Launching International One-Way Attack Drone Task Force In The Middle East. Task Force Falcon Strike will combine allies' air, sea and underwater one-way drone...