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The conference agendas for the co-located FTE EMEA and FTE Ancillary & Retailing, taking place in Dublin on 23-25 May 2023, have now been launched with a stellar line-up of customer experience, innovation, ancillary and commercial experts from across the globe. Under the theme of ‘Tomorrow’s Customer’, the high-level conferences will include topics focusing on innovation efforts around customer […]

If you are leading an innovative project that may not fit directly into our regulatory framework, you may be interested in EASA’s new ‘Pre-Application Services’. This entails entering a “Partnership” relationship with the Agency to de-risk your project and its concept of operation at an early stage of development. In addition, you would contribute to […]

We have extended the deadline to apply for the following vacancy notices. Go to the Careers page to find more information:  Reference: EASA/AD/2022/020 Title / Grade: Certification Expert (Avionics Systems, Electrical Systems or Hydromechanical Systems) (AD5) Organisational Directorate: Certification Directorate Closing Date: 10/02/2023 at 23:55 CET Reference: EASA/AD/2022/021 Title / Grade: Certification Expert (Cabin Safety or Environmental Control Systems (ECS))  (AD5) Organisational […]

COLOGNE, February 1, 2023 – The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has proposed to streamline the attestation of ATM/ANS equipment, paving the way for a much-needed technological evolution of the Air Traffic Management (ATM) landscape. The driving principle is the essential need to achieve a single and mutually recognised compliance demonstration methodology for systems and […]

The European Commission published the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/203 of October 27, 2022. With this publication, the regulatory framework paving the way for a cyber-resilient aviation system has been completed. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/203 lays down rules for the identification and management of information security risks in aviation organisations and aviation competent authorities, including EASA. […]

EASA is in the process of coordinating the activities for initial trajectory information sharing (AF6) standardisation and readiness for implementation by the industrialisation date, 31 December 2023 as required by Regulation 2021/116. EASA fully recognises the benefits associated with the transition to Trajectory Based Operations (TBO), its contribution to the environment, and supports the need […]

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published a new revision of the Easy Access Rules for Air Traffic Management/Air Navigation Services. This Revision from February 2023 incorporates the ED Decision 2022/023/R of 16 December 2022 issuing the Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to Annex IV (Part-ATS) to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 […]

EASA provides regular European Central Question Bank (ECQB) updates to the National Competent Authorities (NCAs) for use in their theory exams. The latest amendment, Amendment 4, to ECQB 2022 is a major content change and marks the first step in aligning the ECQB to the new provisions on fuel management. EASA has to balance the […]

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published a new revision of the Easy Access Rules for Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA).  This Revision from February 2023 includes the EASA ED Decision 2022/020/R, amending the radiotelephony phraseologies for pilot-air traffic controller voice communications and the EASA ED Decision 2022/024/R, introducing AMC and GM […]

Today, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) accepted a type certification application for an aircraft under development from Volocopter GmbH. This is the third type certification application for an eVTOL in Japan and the first for a European manufacturer. It marks the beginning of the cooperation between MLIT and EASA in the […]