Lisa Butters, Honeywell GoDirect Trade’s general manager, explains why she thinks e-commerce could finally take off in the aviation industry. GoDirectTrade, the e-commerce platform for new and used aircraft parts that went live in January, lists $500 million of parts—from 50-cent fasteners to multi-million aircraft engines.

A look inside the new DHL Americas Innovation Center to see how emerging technologies such as robotics and augmented reality are being used to improve aviation and logistics.

From additive manufacturing to cobots, exoskeletons and augmented reality, the aviation MRO industry is in for changes in how work is done.

The carrier is trialing Donecle drones for completing significantly quicker autonomous checks of aircraft in its fleet.

Air-taxi operations will require each eVTOL vehicle to stream live telemetry data to central operations centers for human oversight.

Japan Airlines will use the GE Aviation AirVault system to access maintenance records across its fleet.

Easy interfaces are key to efficient exploitation of analytic and predictive tools.

The Russian carrier will use Avionica’s mini Quick Access Recorders to streamline maintenance and improve data collection.