Increased connectivity creates new vulnerabilities—from avionics to inflight-entertainment networks and airline back-end operations.

Reaffirming current protocols and developing new ones are both in the cards.

Surplus parts will be available, but will airlines simply use their own?

Ask the Editors: Airline cabins are already quite safe, and many airlines now require face coverings throughout flight and in airports.

Ground trials of fiber-optic-based rotor blade sensing technology could lead to flight trials in the coming years.

MRO providers adjust work and priorities to respond to COVID-19 crisis worldwide.

Structural health monitors could be the most efficient way to inspect airframes but are not being readily implemented.

One of the few sectors holding up relatively well during the corona-crisis is air cargo. In China, for example, several cargo airlines reported…