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Aviation Weekly News Roundup – 20 February 2026

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Aviation Weekly News Roundup

February 20, 2026

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services shares the latest events in the Aviation business from around the world in our Aviation Weekly News Roundup >New Zealand Significantly Reforms Aviation Rules New legislation reshapes civil aviation regulations to better integrate unmanned and emerging aircraft technologies, positioning NZ at the forefront of enabling advanced air mobility and UAV operations. Read More…

MSAT-EASA Competent Authority Best Practices Review

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October 01, 2025

Steven Bentley

Consolidated Best Practices-All Domains Early Engagement & Preparation Initiate pre-application meetings to clarify expectations, referencing the EASA MSAT maturity model. Use the MSAT maturity model during documentation review to ensure that even at “Present” stage, the organisation demonstrates a structured, coherent management system (MS) rather than fragmented procedures. Verify resources-staffing, funding, tools, and training-against key…

Aviation Weekly News Roundup – 6 June 2025

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June 06, 2025

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services shares the latest events in the Aviation business from around the world in our Aviation Weekly News Roundup: > Maintenance Issues Could Be Cause Of Dramatic Engine Fire On American Airlines Boeing 737, NTSB Report RevealsPotential maintenance issues may have been the root cause of a serious incident onboard an American Airlines…

Aviation SMS Exposure – How to Measure Risk?

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Aviation SMS Exposure How to Measure Risk

February 03, 2022

Steven Bentley

Considerations by Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com about Aviation SMS Exposure and how to measure the risk Introduction Let’s start by considering in simple terms what we mean by Risk? Let’s start with a Hazard which is essentially anything that has the potential to cause harm in some way, then to add that Risk is…