Additive manufacturing has captured industry's imagination, but even as the first parts appear inside jet engines, the technology's possibilities are only just being realized.
Since he was appointed CEO of Thales earlier this year, Jean-Bernard Levy has repeatedly proclaimed that there is nothing wrong with the company's business portfolio, because all of its operational units are profitable, if only marginally. Unfortunately, this view is symptomatic of the way most European aerospace and defense (A&D) players fail to understand the value of dynamic business portfolio management.
The ACI Airport Exchange event, taking place at the Qatar National Convention Centre, 11 to 13 November - hosted by Doha International Airport in partnership with ACI EUROPE and ACI Asia Pacific - has today confirmed its contingent of international speakers.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that its chief executive officer Tewolde Gebremariam, has won the 2013 Planet Africa Professional Excellence Award during a ceremony held last week at the International Centre in Toronto, Canada.
As the Legacy 500 soared past 300 flight test hours, Embraer Executive Jets released a cinematic-style film starring the Legacy 500 alongside legendary film star Jackie Chan.
Pilot Tracey Curtis-Taylor has taken off on a 7,000-mile (11,000-kilometer) solo journey, with support from Boeing, in a reconditioned Boeing Stearman open-cockpit biplane, to retrace Lady Mary Heath's historic 1928 flight between South Africa and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Feldman recalls the recent visit by Kenya Airways CEO Dr Titus Naikuni to Boeing's facility at Everett, Washington, where he accepted a brand new 777-300ER in his company's livery.
International airlines, emerging destinations and niche technology providers are among the 225 new exhibitors confirmed for World Travel Market 2013, the leading global event for the industry.
The Center for New American Security (CNAS) recently released a report entitled “Game Changers: Disruptive Technology and U.S. Defense Strategy.” That study considered additive manufacturing (3-D printers), autonomous vehicles, directed energy, cyber capabilities, human performance modification and other emerging technologies that the center believes need to be factored into U.S. security policy and planning.
Hangar8 has announced plans to add a new Bombardier Challenger aircraft to its aero medical business in Africa, to meet what it believes will be a substantial increase in demand for this type of service.
Next year Ghana is to host the first global aviation expo for Africa - African Air Expo 2014 - which will be held at the Kotaka International Airport in Accra, capital of Ghana, 9-11 October 2014.
Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) will launch its new website today presenting a renewed corporate image with the purpose to create a customer-centric experience and ensured that the navigation is customised and made easy for customers to find what they are looking for.
Fly540 Kenya has announced that it will be the lead sponsor of the 2014 10to4 Mountain Bike Challenge, organised by the Mount Kenya Trust, to be held over a two day period in February 2014.
The UAE's aerobatic team the Al Fursan and the legendary Red Arrows team, will thrill the crowds with their flying displays at Skyview at the Dubai Airshow which takes place from 18 to 21 November 2013, from 12 – 6pm at Dubai World Central (DWC), Jebel Ali, Dubai.
Doha International Airport (DIA) will be hosting the 2013 ASQ Airport Forum for Asia, Middle East and Africa, between 10 and 12 September at the Oryx Rotana Hotel.
Abu Dhabi is to host the IATA Slot Conference – a voluntary assembly of IATA and non-IATA airlines for one of the largest gatherings in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) calendar.
