Throughout February and April 2017, the European Commission together with the European Air Safety Agency (EASA), conducted a series of on-site assessments of carriers based in Mozambique, Benin, Libya and Nigeria. During the inspections, it was noted that the Civil Aviation Institute of Mozambique (ICAM) had made considerable progress in the implementation of ICAO Safety standards and recommended practices. This prompted officials from Linhas Aereas de Mocambique (LAM Mozambique Airlines) to appeal the airlines ban within the EU. This request was accepted and as a result, the airline is now permitted to operate to the EU.

The United States Government has announced increased security measures to be implemented on all US bound flights. The changes will only apply to commercial flights and include additional screening of passengers and personal electronic devices such as laptops and tablets. Approximately 2000 daily flights are expected to be impacted, equating to over 325,000 passengers. The Department of Homeland Security stated that the current electronics ban imposed on 10 Middle Eastern airports would be lifted, if these new security requirements are implemented.

Transwest Air is a small regional operator, servicing remote destinations throughout the Saskatchewan Province in Canada. The airline was founded in 2000 and is based at Prince Albert Airport. The airline operates a variety of aircraft types, many of which can be modified with floats allowing for take off and landings at water aerodromes such as La Ronge and Stony Rapids.

Airlines do not usually utilise low capacity aircraft such as the Piper Chieftain within their scheduled operations. However, due to the low volume of passengers and sparsely populated area of Saskatchewan, this aircraft type is ideally suited to Transwest's operations. In mid 2016, Transwest Air was acquired by the WestWind Aviation Group, a fellow Canadian aircraft operator and charter service provider. As a result of this acquisition, a number of aircraft are occasionally interchanged between the two fleets which may result in a WestWind branded aircraft performing a Transwest Air route and vice versa.

Transwest Air owns and operates a number of rotary-wing aircraft and also performs a number of charter and MEDEVAC flight services.It is important to note that this assessment only applies to the fixed wing scheduled operations of the airline and all helicopter and charter operations have been excluded. In mid 2017, the airline operated a small mixed fleet of turbo prop and piston engined aircraft, with an average age over 37 years. Whilst the overall average fleet age is considered to be very old, ageing fleets are not unusual for small regional Canadian operators.