Hundreds of aircraft are sitting in storage across the world, awaiting their fate. Will the rate of retirements pick up in 2021, and what actually happens to an airliner when it is parted out? For admirers of the Queen of...
Hundreds of aircraft are sitting in storage across the world, awaiting their fate. Will the rate of retirements pick up in 2021, and what actually happens to an airliner when it is parted out? For admirers of the Queen of...
Your views about the aerospace industry and our reporting Stick to the facts In the ‘Accidents and incidents’ section of your annual airline safety report (Flight International, February 2021), there seemed to me to be a thread of sensationalism creeping...
Competence, not gender, should be the only factor to affect success, says Pilar Wolfsteller. Aerospace and aviation have a serious man problem. Despite support programmes, mentorships, training, resource groups, workshops, outreach efforts and other corporate initiatives that ostensibly strive to improve gender...
The lighter side of Flight International Moon monikers NASA famously named its Space Shuttle test orbiter ‘Enterprise’ in honour of the television show Star Trek, so surely there’s an opportunity for a similar homage via the Artemis programme to return...
Boeing’s failure to launch its New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) was behind the suspension of the airframer’s auxiliary power unit joint venture with Safran, the French aerospace supplier has confirmed. Boeing’s failure to launch its New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) was behind...
South Korea has temporarily banned all operations of Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777 aircraft within its airspace. South Korea has temporarily banned all operations of Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777 aircraft within its airspace. A NOTAM issued on...
We fly Textron Aviation’s super-midsize flagship Cessna Citation Longitude. Despite the global Covid-19 pandemic, the super-midsize segment of the business jet market is showing signs of life. This is in part being driven by an uptick in demand for fractional...
Safran and MTU are working to accommodate Spanish firm ITP in their partnership which is seeking to develop a next-generation fighter engine as part of a broader multi-national combat aircraft programme. Safran and MTU are working to accommodate Spanish firm...
BAE Systems is confident that it can maintain early momentum with the UK’s Future Combat Air System/Tempest project, with chief executive Charles Woodburn expecting firm details to emerge via a forthcoming Integrated Review. BAE Systems is confident that it can...
While Boeing will “continue to defer” to civil aviation regulators in Southeast Asia for the recertification and return to service of the 737 Max, it remains optimistic about the narrowbody’s long-term demand. While Boeing will “continue to defer” to civil...