European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

By Ben Goldstein
Austrian startup FlyNow Aviation sees huge potential for urban air mobility to change how people commute through dense cities.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Lilium has pushed back the planned start of manned flight tests with its full-scale electric Lilium Jet to early 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has approved the certification basis for the Veronte autopilot under development by Spain’s EMbention.
Advanced Air Mobility

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The UK regulator also struck an agreement with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to closely cooperate on type certification.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Ricardo has been selected by the EASA to lead a consortium in creating the EU’s first SAF clearing house to support industry in scaling up supply.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Leonardo Helicopters has tested the performance of Daedalean’s visual awareness system in flights using two helicopters.
Advanced Air Mobility

Sarah MacLeod
The FAA’s informal rulemaking process should welcome open communication to ensure impacts are understood.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has introduced its certification readiness level concept.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The nine-step scale is being developed in collaboration with Europe’s Clean Aviation research program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The tool includes a survey that covers multiple safety “dimensions” and seeks input from five organizational levels.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Recent revisions of the certification requirements for EVTOL aircraft that narrowed the gap between European and U.S. regulators come as welcome news to Lilium.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Victoria Moores
ANCEN has been created to share “objective, timely, consensual, and credible technical advice” on the non-CO2 effects of aviation, EASA said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
In 2021, Iberia became the first operator in Europe to use evidence-based training, followed by Air France in the same year.
Maintenance & Training

By Adrian Schofield
European officials have approved an extra fuel tank the A350-1000s Qantas will use for ultra-long-haul flights.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
French AAM startup Ascendance Flight Technologies says development work on its first full-scale Atea prototype is progressing toward a first flight in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A flex shaft for the A350’s high lift system has become the most complex 3D-printed metal part to be approved for series production by Airbus and EASA.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency have updated their eVTOL certification guidance to narrow the gap between their approaches.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
As evidence-based training is gaining ground in the air transport industry, the expected benefits are beginning to materialize.
Maintenance & Training

By Sean Broderick
The ASCIC was formed earlier in 2024 as a direct response to a records-falsification scandal that made headlines late in 2023.
Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
It’s a safe bet most aviation safety professionals know the basics of Japan Airlines Flight 123 (JAL123).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The FAA and EASA have released revised certification requirements for eVTOL aircraft that narrow the gap between their regulations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
A Thales-led consortium aims to improve pilot training using new sensors, including eye-tracking devices.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
Daedalean and Avidyne make progress toward U.S. and EU approval of vision-based situational awareness system.
Emerging Technologies