News and Events

The UAS team prepares for the White Plains Regional Forum which will get underway at Westchester County Airport, White Plains, NY on June 12.

UAS prepares for EBACE 2024: The 2024 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE2024) gets underway in Geneva next week.

On the UK’s exit from the European Union on 31 December 2020, the UK CAA took over the responsibility from EASA for administering TCO Authorisations in respect of all commercial services undertaken within UK territory. The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, and withdrawal from the European Air Safety Agency (EASA), have led to a number of changes to the basis through which the UK authorizes the initial safety evaluation procedure of foreign commercial air carriers.

The 26th CHOGM will be held in Kigali, Rwanda from June 20 and 26, under the theme ‘Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming.’ Leaders of the Commonwealth countries meet every two years, and it is the Commonwealth’s highest consultative and policymaking gathering. CHOGM was due to take place in Kigali in June 2020 but was postponed twice due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Both airline operators and the environment will benefit from a new European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) fuel rule.   As part of EASA’s efforts to reduce aviation’s carbon footprint, the recently published regulatory change allows air operators to reduce the amount of fuel carried for diversions and delays during operations. According to EASA, improved risk assessment methods and data enable a more precise risk assessment without compromising safety so additional fuel requirements can be optimized.