Incorporating artificial intelligence in commercial aircraft with the aim of helping pilots might be a wise step. But the idea to completely substitute a pilot with AI raises all kinds of safety questions and opens an ethical debate about the role of humans that is equally, if not more,

T&E, Lufthansa, the Global Alliance Powerfuels, pilots representatives, and other aviation industry and energy players had called on the European Commission to set ambitious targets for e-kerosene, a green synthetic fuel, when proposing the world’s first sustainable jet fuel law earlier

Will anyone want to work in the European aviation sector in the future? The answer to this question depends on who you ask. During the recent EU Aviation Day, organized by the Portuguese EU Presidency, the European Commission naively indicated that even after the crisis, aviation remains

Don’t be fooled by the creeping sense of normality: airlines are still very much fighting for their survival. Despite the positive signs and optimism that the pace of vaccinations in Europe has picked up, and summer travel might offer a boost to the travel industry, the situation is still

Airline executives don’t like mixing aviation with politics. Yet, politics seems to have just ruthlessly interfered with civil aviation. The Belarus incident with Ryanair flight 4978 shattered fundamental rules, protocols and trust that have in the past prevented tragedies and probably

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In aviation, SAFE outcomes are typically preceded by multiple successful pilot interventions. 
 
The survey aims at analysing the pilots’ ability to creatively cope with an ever-changing and potentially unfamiliar environment. Questions focus on technical and operational issues experienced

We are calling for an independent enquiry into this occurrence and appropriate immediate response by safety and security authorities. This unprecedented act of unlawful interference will potentially upend all the assumptions about the safest response to bomb threats on flight and

European aviation is a major contributor to the European economy, notably in its regions, and the restart of aviation will re-establish connectivity throughout Europe and revitalise the European economy.

If flying a plane was like riding a bike, safety departments and aviation authorities wouldn't be scrambling now to come up with an efficient strategy to bring pilots back in the cockpit after more than a year of little to no flying. Unable to get enough flying hours and maintain a close