The New Italian Regulation on UAV: in force from September 2015
The second edition of the ENAC Regulation on Remotely Piloted Aerial Vehicles comes into force on the 14th of September this year, 60 days after the date of publication
The Aviation & Space Journal Year XIV no 2 April June 2015
The Aviation & Space Journal Year XIV no 2 April June 2015
Psychopathology: An under-estimated hazard for Aviation Safety?
On 24 March 2015, flight GWI18G operated by Germanwings with an airbus A320, carrying 150 people on board crashed in the foothills of the French Alps. The plane, carrying young people, vacationers and others, was…
Automation and Product Liability Insurance
At the recent AGM of the International Union of Aerospace Insurers (IUAI) in Bengaluru in June 2015, as part of the product liability panel, we gave a presentation of the future new technologies within the SES (Single European Sky-SESAR programme) and the capabilities of these technologies to change the current allocation of risk and liabilityamong the various operators in the aviation sector. In particular, some of the most important technologies which will be implemented once SES comes into operation were examined in an attempt to understand whether such technologies will change the current position with regards allocation of responsibility and subsequently insurance obligations.
Landmark judgment of the EU Court of Justice clarifies the concept of ‘passenger’ in air transport
On February 26th 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a judgment on the interpretation of Regulation (EC) No 785/2004 on insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators, as well as…
Noise emissions tax for civil aircraft: landing and take-off in Italy will be cheaper
On 9th February 2015, the Constitutional Court of Italy issued judgment no. 13 regarding the issue of constitutionality of a recently introduced legislation which establishes 0,50 EUR as the maximum rate of the regional tax…
PREVENTING AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS THROUGH JUST CULTURE REGULATION (EU) NO 376/2014 – A BETTER USE OF OCCURRENCES TO IMPROVE AVIATION SAFETY
1. Introduction – Regulation (EU) No 376/2014: adoption and content On the 3rd April 2014 the European Union adopted Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reporting, analysis…