United Parcel Service (UPS) is to go ahead with plans to modify five Boeing 727-100 freighters so that they can be used for weekend passenger charter flights, starting as early as 26 December (Flight International, 15-21 May, P12). The aircraft will seat 113 passengers when configured for charter use.
Source: Flight International
Wisk Aero has shared new images of the first full-scale prototype of its autonomous Gen6 air taxi.
A trio of leading US air taxi companies moved forward this week on plans to certificate, manufacture and commercialise a new class of electric aircraft.
Airbus has enhanced operational documentation to provide greater clarity on engine-relight procedures after severe hail extinguished both powerplants on a LATAM A320 two years ago. Such was the storm’s intensity that it “significantly exceeded” engine design and certification criteria, according to the airframer, with water and ice content twice the ...
