China’s nascent electric air taxi industry is forging tighter links with the country’s automative manufacturers and its massive electric-vehicle supply chain.
NASA unveiled hydrogen-fueled hybrid wing body (HWB) as a promising concept under its Commercially viable Hydrogen Aircraft for Reduction of Greenhouse Emissions (CH2ARGE) initiative for developing future zero-emission airliners.
LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE and ASIA DIGITAL ENGINEERING (ADE) teamed to enhance ADE's ELEVADE digital fleet management platform for A320s with predictive maintenance algorithms/trend monitoring applications by Liebherr.
AIRBUS forecasts commercial aircraft services market in Asia-Pacific will grow from US$52b in 2024 to US$129b ($109b for maintenance; $13b for upgrades/mods; $7.6b for ops/training) in 2043 to support about 19,500 aircraft in region. It anticipates need for 268,000 new pilots, 298,000 maintenance technicians and 433,000 cabin crew members.
The impact of the strike by unionized workers at Textron Aviation, which delivers about 15 business jets a month, will depend on how long the action lasts.