Judicial investigators carried out a simulation of the air defence system error which, according to an Iranian inquiry, led to the missile launch that destroyed a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 over Tehran. Two air defence units were placed at...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released a report summarizing the public comments received during the scoping period for an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the SpaceX facility in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX plans to launch its Starship/Super Heavy vehicle from...
State-owned aerospace and defence company hits $4.18 billion in sales as it finishes 2020 firmly in the black. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today appeared to buck the crisis by reporting record revenues and net profits for 2020. It follows, what...
Few details on the immediate effect of an Iranian surface-to-air missile strike that brought down a Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 over Tehran have emerged in the investigators’ final analysis. Although the Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation has published the flight-data recorder traces...
Gol renegotiated aircraft leasing agreements January, securing new terms that the airline says will save it R1.2 billion ($216 million) over one year. Gol renegotiated aircraft leasing agreements January, securing new terms that the airline says will save it R1.2...
Brazil’s Gol swung to a profit in the fourth quarter of 2020, though substantial losses in the first nine months of the year left the Sao Paulo-based airline with a full-year loss of R4.9 billion ($881 million). Brazil’s Gol swung...
Russia’s United Aircraft has reached an agreement to licence production of a modernised version of the Ilyushin Il-103 single-engined light aircraft at a facility in Hungary. The pact was sealed with Hungarian firm Aviation Engineering. United Aircraft says the two...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has weighed in on the ongoing feud between Regional Express and Qantas, noting, among other things, that competition “appears to be increasing, not decreasing”. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has weighed in...
Back-Taxi A term used by air traffic controllers to taxi an aircraft on the runway opposite to the traffic flow. The aircraft may be instructed to back-taxi to the beginning of the runway or at some point before reaching the...
Russian state technology firm Rostec is to bring United Aircraft, Sukhoi and MiG under a single aircraft programme centre to consolidate management and other assets into one corporate entity. It will also establish a unified centre for design competency. The...