Tag: Civil Aviation Authority

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  The EU, UK and India ban the Boeing 737 Max from their airspaces

  

  The European Union and India have banned the Boeing 737 Max from flying over their airspace to ensure passenger safety. They join a long list of countries in suspending the plane, including the UK. It comes after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed on Sunday, killing 157 people on board. It was the second fatal accident involving the 737 Max 8 model in less than five months.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  CAA looking into airlines seating policies to ensure they are “fair and transparent”

  

  A review is being launched into airlines' seating policies, the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority has said. It will examine whether companies are deliberately splitting up groups of passengers so they pay to sit together. Airlines allocate seating via computer algorithms.