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A final ruling has been issued by the U. S. Federal Aviation Administration that will now require flight attendants to have a minimum ten-consecutive-hour break between shifts, increased by one hour from the previous nine-hour break. The ruling also meets the requirements of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, which directed the FAA to increase

Having been acquired individually in the earlier half of 2021 by private Dutch investment company Panta Holdings, Fokker Services and Fokker Techniek, formerly part of Fokker Technologies, are to be rebranded and will come under a single Fokker Services Group umbrella.  Fokker Services is an independent aerospace service provider, and Fokker Techniek, a leading aircraft

As a follow on to its introduction of the CO2 emissions calculator for passenger flights, IATA CO2 Connect the International Air Traffic Association (IATA) has teamed up with Etihad Airways (Etihad) to run trials on a similar concept for air cargo flights. As a means to report on progress in sustainability throughout the entire value

As art of its bid to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, European low-cost carrier easyJet has invested heavily in the retrofitting of Airbus’ fuel saving Descent Profile Optimisation (DPO) function and also its Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) for compatible aircraft. The immediate effect will be a 1% fuel saving once the fleet-wide retrofit has