Ask the Editors

By Graham Warwick
Production of SAF from many sources other than cooking oil is coming online.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick, Thierry Dubois
Ask the editors: Longer-haul electric aircraft will depend on better energy storage, higher power densities and greater efficiencies.
Sustainability

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Ask the Editors: Despite pandemic budget challenges, MROs invested in technician-training technology to ensure regulatory compliance.
Workforce & Training

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: Flight crews favor vaccination, but requirements depend on airline policies and local laws, which are changing quickly.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Embraer’s monopoly in regional jets could last for years, but that position is not as great as it sounds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Ask the Editors: Aftermarket providers inspect all probes and ports to ensure they are not contaminated by insects or foreign objects.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Sash Tusa
Ask the Editors: It is near axiom that new models need to offer 15% better economics, and that improvement only comes from major changes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Ask the Editors: The 737’s baseline configuration has been remarkably resilient for decades, but it is unlikely to evolve beyond the -10.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Ask the Editors: Private aviation providers report a spike in inquiries and increased sales to former first-class airline passengers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Reopenings are expected to vary by region, as the distribution of vaccines and pace of vaccinations remains uneven.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: With demand for widebodies diminishing, lessors will abstain from placing new widebody orders for several years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Ask the Editors: Exports will be critical for both the Tempest and FCAS programs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Ask the Editors: Mandates are in effect around the world, and the Single European Sky ATM Research Deployment Manager has mapped them.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Ask the editors: Aviation Week forecasts that the vast majority of Boeing 767 aircraft in the fleet now will still be operating in 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Ask the Editors: Warfare has changed over the decades, so what worked in previous conflicts may no longer be the way to go.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau
Ask the editors: The share of leased versus owned aircaft is rising, causing carriers to change course—a trend that may stay for a while.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Ask the Editors: USAF pushed the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber’s first flight from December 2021 to mid-2022. What does that mean?
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Molly McMillin
Ask the editors: Despite the pandemic-related travel dip, demand for speed continues to propel development of supersonic business jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Ask the Editors: Joe Biden’s choice to name recently retired General Lloyd Austin as defense secretary seems both political and personal.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Ask the editors: The C-5 and C-17 may seem dated and the A400M is small, but these aircraft still fulfill the needs of military missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: In theory, high production levels in times of low demand lead to low pricing. But the reality may prove more nuanced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois, Guy Norris
Ask the Editors: Progress on the production and liquefaction infrastructures for hydrogen could mean big things for aviation.
Emerging Technologies