Unmanned aircraft are most often viewed as augmenting manned aircraft, perhaps eventually replacing some of them, but a more likely future lies in their becoming intimately essential to each other. Two new U.S. research notices give hints of such an outcome.
Ethiopian Airlines has secured a USD 41.4 million 7-year junior loan facility from ING Capital LLC for the acquisition of two Boeing 777 freighter aircraft.
Flying far is more important than flying fast, Japanese fighter technologists have found in studies aimed at defining their country’s next combat aircraft. Researchers are also emphasizing that Japan’s next fighter should share targeting data and carry a big internal load of large, high-performance missiles.
The inevitable has happened in the U.S. attempt to move the economy off the planet. That it happened twice in a week is driving a needed element of reality into the endeavor.
To industrially accompany the A350 XWB ramp-up and other aircraft production rate increases, Airbus took the decision to launch the development and production of five new Belugas.
A wireless sensor technology can detect damage, measure fuel levels and even potentially redirect lightning strikes to safe areas on an aircraft's exterior.
The Botswana Police Services (BPS) Air Support Branch has issued a tender for at least three new helicopters to beef up its aviation fleet which has been reduced from five in 2009 to just two at the present due to a combination of breakdowns and air traffic accidents.
DHL has announced investments totalling EUR 30.5 million by both its Supply Chain and Global Forwarding divisions in South Africa. The investments signal the group's long-term growth plans for the region as it brings state-of-the-art infrastructure, IT systems and world-class services to support businesses operating in Africa.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it was named the African Airline of the Yearby the African Airlines Association at its 46th Annual General Assembly held in Algiers between 9 and 11 November 2014.
Air Arabia, has announced its financial results for the first nine months ending September 30. with the company's hub and network expansion strategy continuing to be reflected in strong performance figures.
Carrying 15 million passengers, Pegasus Airlines recorded ₺234 million (Turkish Liras) in net profit and ₺308 million ($136m) in real operating profit in the first nine months of 2014.
Etihad Cargo has been awarded 'Rising Star Carrier of the Year' by Payload Asia magazine at its annual cargo industry awards ceremony held in Singapore.
Next year, the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) will hold its 47th Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Republic of the Congo, hosted by local carrier ECAir.
