Ask the Editors

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting global economic crisis have creating daunting challenges across the aerospace and aviation industries. Companies large and small face myriad questions on how to ride out the storm and position themselves to thrive when better times return.

To help fill that void, we are launching our new “Ask The Editors” feature. Readers can submit questions to our global team of editors. If we don’t have an answer, we’ll reach out to our large networks of experts to provide one.

Here are some of the best questions posed by readers and our answers.

Mar 19, 2021
Ask the editors: Is it worthwhile to change aviation’s fuel infrastructure? The answer might be the use of LNG as a transition to SAF.
Mar 16, 2021
Ask the Editors: Private aviation providers report a spike in inquiries and increased sales to former first-class airline passengers.
Mar 09, 2021
Ask the Editors: Reopenings are expected to vary by region, as the distribution of vaccines and pace of vaccinations remains uneven.
Mar 08, 2021
Ask the Editors: The military is gradually adapting to the FAA’s ADS-B requirements, though many of its aircraft are exempt from the new regulations.
Mar 01, 2021
Ask the Editors: With demand for widebodies diminishing, lessors will abstain from placing new widebody orders for several years.
Feb 23, 2021
Ask the Editors: Exports will be critical for both the Tempest and FCAS programs.
Feb 19, 2021
Ask the Editors: Mandates are in effect around the world, and the Single European Sky ATM Research Deployment Manager has mapped them.
Feb 17, 2021
Ask The Editors: Regulators working on the 737 MAX were not buoyed by the pandemic, but COVID-19 was not a major factor on downtime.