Sofema Aviation shares the latest events in the Aviation business from around the world in our Aviation Weekly News Roundup
> International Civil Aviation Organization analysis reveals major priorities for air transport safety
Airlines flew more people than ever in 2025 – nearly 5 billion passengers – with fewer accidents than the year before, according to the International Civil Aviation
Organization’s (ICAO) just-released global safety data. Read More
> India Considers Letting Airport Operators Own Airlines
Proposed policy changes could make India a closely watched test case for airport – airline ownership as governments seek to balance competition with fair airport access. Read More
> Emirates Refuses Ten Boeing 777X Jets
Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, told The Telegraph at Farnborough on Monday that his airline will not be taking the first batch of ten aircraft. They have
waited so long, and the design has changed so much around them, that bringing them up to current standard no longer makes sense. Read More
> What new EU rules mean for the aviation industry
A clever compromise avoids reigniting Brussels-Washington trade tensions. Read more
> Wreckage of Pan Am plane that shaped aviation safety found 74 years on
The wreckage of a Pan American Airways plane has been found 74 years after it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in a crash that prompted mandatory airline safety
briefings. Read more
> BOC Aviation places largest-ever engine order for up to 300 CFM LEAP
BOC Aviation has placed its largest-ever engine order, selecting up to 300 CFM LEAP engines to power Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Read more
>CAA Publishes Findings of Hydrogen Challenge
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published findings from its Hydrogen Challenge, as well as a brand-new Hydrogen roadmap detailing how hydrogen
technologies could be introduced into UK aviation. Read more
> Sofema Aviation (SA) is excited to share the latest updated training: EASA Part 145 Back to Basics
The course is an in-depth review of the EASA Part 145 Regulatory Requirements, fully focused on the needs and obligations of EASA Part 145 Certifying Staff. EASA Part 145 Back to Basics works ideally as a recurrent training where it is either necessary or worthwhile to remind certifying staff regarding the importance of the essential role they perform within the organisation. Read more
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