London Heathrow’s chief executive has once again urged the UK government to “act quickly” on introducing an airport Covid-19 testing programme, after the airport’s passenger numbers fell 81.5% year on year in September. London Heathrow’s chief executive has once again...
Russian investigators have disclosed that a Yakutia Sukhoi Superjet 100LR crew experienced serious braking problems and overran a Siberian runway just 2h before a similar event badly damaged another Superjet from the same carrier. Yakutsk airport’s runway 23L had been...
Middle Marker A marker beacon that defines a point along the glideslope of an ILS normally located at or near the point of decision height (ILS Category I). It is keyed to transmit alternate dots and dashes, with the alternate...
Aero Linx: The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada For over fifty years, the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada has worked with its members to develop what is today the fifth-largest national aerospace industry in the world. By collaborating with industry...
Canberra plans to upgrade the communications and mission system equipment aboard its fleet of Airbus Defence & Space A330 multi-tole tanker transports (MRTTs). The project will bring the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF’s) locally-designated KC-30A fleet up to the latest...
Fresh data from Eurocontrol shows there were under 100,000 weekly flights across the European network for the first time since mid-July. Eurocontrol’s latest weekly dashboard indicates there were 99,217 flights during the week ending 11 October. “[The] Network saw fewer than...
British Airways chief executive Alex Cruz is to step down from his position, after four years, to be succeeded by Aer Lingus chief Sean Doyle. Parent company IAG states that the change is part of a management reshuffle that takes...
In August, the US Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing launched its iNeuraLS project, an effort to speed up pilot training through brain stimulation. Some will feel like a slight tingling sensation. Others will feel nothing at all. The electrode placed...
Most of Malaysia Airlines’ lessors have rejected a restructuring plan it proposed, according to a media report. Lessors claiming to represent 70% of the aircraft and engines leased to the airline group have called the plan “inappropriate and fatally flawed”...
Thai Vietjet Air plans to both grow its fleet and add staff even though domestic air travel with Thailand remains subdued amid the coronavirus pandemic. The airline says it plans to grow its fleet to 15 aircraft “by 2021”, and...