Government-backed research and technology schemes are numerous, but are they sufficiently focussed on the enviromental agenda? There have been a raft of announcements about new aerospace projects in recent months, all with UK government backing. Featuring snappy acronym-based titles like...
As senior executive in charge of medical services and corporate social responsibility, Nadia Bastaki has led the UAE flag carrier’s response to Covid-19, ensuring the safety of passengers. When the coronavirus suddenly disrupted aviation worldwide a year ago, airlines went...
Your views about the aerospace industry and our reporting An impossible dream? Regarding Pilar Wolfsteller’s opinion piece ‘Aviation’s man problem’ (Flight International, March 2021), the assumptions made and conclusions reached are just plain incorrect. The science clearly, consistently and repeatedly...
United Airlines is adding more domestic point-to-point routes and upping its international flying as US travellers continue to book flights in greater numbers following the year-long global health crisis. United Airlines is adding more domestic routes and upping international flying...
Airports industry body ACI World expects a “surge” in travel demand during the second half of 2021, but that global passenger numbers will still be down some 47.5% for the full year compared with pre-Covid levels. Airports industry body ACI World expects a “surge”...
Safran is replacing the passenger seat models it provides on the Airbus A220 as the sole supplier-furnished equipment (SFE) manufacturer. Safran is replacing the passenger seat models it provides on the Airbus A220 as the sole supplier-furnished equipment (SFE) manufacturer....
The pace of sustainable aviation fuel’s development is speeding up as airlines, producers and regulators see it as a critical tool enabling aviation to make progress with cutting its carbon emissions. True or false? Garbage, cooking oil, old clothes and...
Bell is continuing to mature systems and technologies that could equip its future Nexus urban air mobility (UAM) vehicle but has yet to commit to a timeline for its development or service entry. Bell is continuing to mature systems and...
Crisis conditions in the air transport sector have forced a rethink on the construction of a new terminal at Lithuania’s gateway airport in the capital Vilnius. The airport operator is to re-tender for the work after agreeing with the current...
Austrian Airlines intends to make further cutbacks to its active fleet and headcount, and has warned that it will miss the earnings targets it outlined last year. Austrian Airlines intends to make further cutbacks to its active fleet and headcount, and has...