A United Airlines flight attendant intentionally deployed the emergency slide in Houston. German Alvarez and Angie Alvarez, owners of Aviation Inflatables, commented on the incident at MRO Americas.
On August 4, 2010, at a Techonomy conference in Lake Tahoe, California, Google CEO Eric Schmidt put civilization’s march into the “information age” in dramatic perspective.
The 32nd Space Symposium is happening April 11 – 14th in Colorado Springs, and Aerospace Daily & Defense Report was on hand to bring you the latest developments from the show.
In advance of MRO Americas, we talked with American Airlines CEO Doug Parker about the new horizons facing the aviation industry, the challenges and successes of the merger with US Airways, and his feedback for the MRO industry.
The information age is quickly transforming aviation, touching every aspect of air travel from point of departure to ultimate destination. But nowhere will the change in passenger experience be as profound as at the airport itself.
Embraer shares its views on how today's low cost of jet fuel may influence the short-term thinking of airline fleet planners and why a long-term approach is always more prudent.
Another important advantage of the engine is increased load capacity. The HTS900 adds 208shp to the helicopter compared to the legacy engine, without an increase to the size of the propulsion system.
Cost in any form, from capital investment to ROI, clearly influences decisions regarding expenditures on engines and propulsion systems for commercial and military operators.
GE Aviation now has a fully operational on-wing support base of operations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to better serve operators in the Latin American region. The operation is certified with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the ANAC (the Brazilian Airworthiness Organization) – and looking to add certifications from additional countries such as Chile, Argentina and Panama.
Forecasters are predicting a substantial increase in airline passenger traffic in the coming years. This will, in turn, increase the pressure on the regional airlines to maintain flight schedules.
In April 1915, the world’s first ground-to-air voice transmission occurred when a British pilot heard his colleague say, “If you can hear me now, it will be the first time speech has ever been communicated to an airplane in flight.”
Chromalloy Arabia, a supplier of repairs, coatings, investing castings and services for turbine airfoils and engine components, announced the opening of its new sales and customer support office in Dubai Airport Free Zone.
