Aviation Daily Roundup: June. 01, 2023

Destinus, a Switzerland-based startup developing a zero-carbon, high-speed transport aircraft, has flown a subscale prototype configured with a hydrogen-fueled afterburner.

One day after President and CEO Dave Calhoun said autonomous technologies would be a key element of Boeing’s next clean-sheet airliner, the company revealed it has taken full control of self-flying air taxi developer Wisk.

Hundreds of Spirit Airlines and Air Canada flights were delayed June 1 as the airlines worked to resolve technical issues.

Safran Power Units plans to cooperate with U.S. fuel cell manufacturer Advent Technologies Holdings on development of high-temperature hydrogen fuel cell technology for aerospace applications.

Delta Air Lines says it is keeping a “keen eye” on a “first-of-its-kind” airplane seat that would allow passengers with reduced mobility (PRM) to remain in their own powered wheelchairs onboard a commercial airline flight.  

Blending mandates and production goals in the EU, UK, and U.S. have the potential to trigger at least 4.5 billion gal. in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply by 2030, but more investment is needed, and feedstocks are already coming under pressure, a new report says.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) sees a lot of opportunities for Airbus A321LR operations in its markets, but the aircraft first has to prove itself.

A new UK report aimed at mitigating the ongoing shortage of commercial aviation pilots recommends the government should step in with either training grants or loans as one method of increasing the pool of new talent entering the sector.

As GE Aerospace continues to develop hypersonic propulsion capabilities, scientists from the company’s GE Research unit have demonstrated advanced extreme-temperature-tolerant electronics that they believe will be critical to future high-speed vehicles.

British LCC easyJet wants to expand further in Italy and hopes to take slots at Milan’s Linate airport if they are freed as part of conditions attached to Lufthansa’s purchase of a stake in ITA Airways.