Eivind Lindtjørn is a typical Mission Aviation pilot flying in Africa. He combines his passion for flying into not just a job, but a higher calling. Guy Leitch and Odd Arild Nessa report.
Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) and Leonardo’s AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter has accomplished two flights powered by aviation fuel blended with SAF.
Eve Air Mobility (Eve), which has customers in the Middle East, is progressing with its Urban Air Mobility (UAM) through a partnership with private aviation company Flexjet.
AIRBUS forecasts global commercial aircraft services market will grow from $130b in 2023 to $255b by 2042; 'maintenance' market is to grow from $108b to $210b, 'enhance' from $11b to 28b and 'train and operate' from $11b to $17b. It sees 20-year need for an additional 2.2m workers: 680,000 technicians, 59,000 pilots and 920,000 cabin crew.
ROLLS-ROYCE set mid-term target operating margin of 15-17% for Civil Aerospace, up from 2.5% a year ago. It will focus on widebody and business jet markets to leverage value of Trent and Pearl while investing in future with UltraFan.