All news – Page 530
-
NewsOmicron hit sees Ryanair post weakest traffic month since June
Irish budget operator Ryanair carried 7 million passengers in January, at the top end of projections that had been revised downwards following capacity cuts due to Omicron travel restrictions.
-
NewsDARPA funds AI assistant for Black Hawk helicopter pilots
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to develop an artificially intelligent (AI) software program to help UH-60 Black Hawk pilots fly.
-
NewsEU approves another €1.3bn for troubled Berlin Brandenburg airport
The European Commission has approved government aid worth €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) to the newly opened Berlin Brandenburg airport to keep it afloat as it continues to struggle in the wake of the global pandemic.
-
NewsEthiopian resumes Boeing 737 Max flights
Ethiopian Airlines has today brought its Boeing 737 Max back into service, almost three years after a fatal crash of one of its aircraft prompted the global grounding of the type.
-
NewsPionair Australia to acquire two surplus Royal Air Force BAe 146 transports
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is poised to end operations with its British Aerospace BAe 146 transports, and has sold its two most recently acquired examples to a commercial operator in Australia.
-
NewsIcelandic start-up brings Stewart airport back into transatlantic Play
Icelandic start-up Play Airlines is set to launch the first transatlanic flights to New York Stewart International airport since Norwegian cut its fledgling services there in 2019.
-
Paid contentThe future of aerospace is…plastics?
In a famous quote from the timeless 1967 movie “The Graduate,” a young Dustin Hoffman receives some prescient advice. His father’s friend tells him about the path to future success: “One word…plastics.” Few would have believed then that even airplanes would one day be built out of plastics. ...
-
NewsAirAsia X takes first step with Sydney service in scheduled flights return
Restructuring Malaysian long-haul, low-cost operator AirAsia X is to resume scheduled passenger services in February for the first time since the pandemic.
-
Paid contentIn a nutshell: Sustainable aviation fuels
What are sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs)? SAFs are sustainable fuels that greatly reduce aviation’s climate impact. They can be divided into two categories: - fuels that are produced using biomass. - synthetic fuels produced using renewable energy and CO2. Several SAF manufacturing processes have already been certified. Power-to-liquid is considered ...
-
NewsCertain 737 Max operations latest to be limited by 5G concern
US regulators have ordered revision of Boeing 737 Max operational procedures at airports with a risk of 5G radio spectrum interference, and are prohibiting 737 Max services to such airports if certain braking and anti-skid functions are declared inoperable. The measure from the US FAA is directed at the 737 ...
-
NewsDassault flies first production Falcon 6X to US completion centre
The first Dassault Aviation Falcon 6X has arrived at the company’s completion centre in the US city of Little Rock, Arkansas, marking another step toward the type’s planned year-end service entry.
-
NewsUS Air Force fires first missile from F-15EX in test
The US Air Force (USAF) on 25 January completed its first test firing of a missile from a Boeing F-15EX fighter.
-
NewsQatar Airways orders 777X Freighters and signals intent to purchase 737 Max
Qatar Airways has ordered 34 Boeing 777-8 Freighters, becoming the type’s first customer and marking Boeing’s launch of 777-8F development.
-
AnalysisHow A330-200 assembly will shift to USA if Lockheed wins tanker deal
Moving assembly of the Airbus A330-200 to the USA if the nation’s air force selects Lockheed Martin’s LMXT tanker derivative would help to streamline production activities in Toulouse, as business for the legacy widebody remains at a low level.
-
NewsQatar Airways officials meet in Washington amid reports of 777X Freighter order
The White House confirms that US secretary of commerce Gina Raimondo will meet today with a representative from Qatar Airways amid reports the meeting will involve Qatar ordering a freighter version of Boeing’s 777X.
-
NewsInflation and fuel to hamper Russian airlines’ profitability recovery: credit agency
Russian credit rating agency AKRA believes the country’s air transport sector is unlikely to return to pre-crisis profitability levels until at least 2025, despite the trend towards recovery. AKRA, based in Moscow, says the sector – which had been “on the verge” of unprofitable operations even before the pandemic – ...
-
NewsUK consults on new delay compensation rules
UK ministers are consulting on new compensation rules covering delays faced by airline passengers on domestic flights under which claims would be based on the length and cost of travel.
-
NewsLockheed to place A330-based LMXT strategic tanker work at Mobile, Marietta sites
Lockheed Martin has revealed its assembly and conversion strategy for the Airbus A330-200-derived LMXT tanker it is offering to the US Air Force (USAF), with the work to be performed in Mobile, Alabama and Marietta, Georgia, respectively.
-
NewsDHC-2’s trim and balance scrutinised after fatal crash during parachute lift
Swedish investigators are closely examining elevator trim settings, and weight and balance calculations, as part of the inquiry into a fatal De Havilland Canada DHC-2 crash during a parachute drop. None of the nine occupants – a pilot and eight parachutists – survived after the single-engined aircraft, which had climbed ...
-
NewsRyanair: Substantial fare cuts needed to recover bookings after ‘Omicron’ impact
Budget carrier Ryanair expects “significant” price stimulation over the fourth quarter is necessary to recover a sharp decline in bookings triggered by the outbreak of the latest coronavirus variant. The airline stated in December that it was slashing January capacity by a third, and says the outlook for pricing and ...