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By David Kaminski-Morrow2021-06-01T11:06:00+01:00
Europe’s aviation safety authority is proposing a regulatory revision intended to increase the number of medium-sized airports accessible to flights, by updating all-weather operations frameworks.
This revision will take account of new technological advances to support safe operations to airports in low-visibility conditions.
“While large aerodromes are, for the most part, already equipped for such operations, medium-size or regional airports have typically so far been unable to afford the investment required,” says the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
By providing an accessibility path through the integration and application of available technologies, the authority believes it can reduce the number of diversions relating to poor visibility and allow a broadening of the commercial network.
House lawmakers promised to continue monitoring U.S. and EU activities surrounding certification and validation. (Photo: Heather Trautvetter)
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson reassured lawmakers that his agency is remaining engaged with EASA to ensure that certification and validation approaches remain consistent with the U.S./EU Safety Agreement. In letters to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ranking Republican Sam Graves (Missouri) and aviation subcommittee ranking Republican Garret Graves (Louisiana), Dickson said the FAA takes “seriously” remarks made earlier in the year by EASA Director-General Patrick Ky that EASA will increase our level of involvement [and] our level of independent review of U.S. projects in order to build our own safety assessments.”