Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Major technical issues with the behind-schedule Ariane 6 have been resolved and the schedule has been stabilized, ESA says.
Space

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.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates’ has won the title of Transport & Logistics Company of the Year accolade at the Gulf Business Awards 2023.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is building a road map of technologies for automated aerial refueling that will pave the way for a second-generation MRTT.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Erich Fischer, Blaine Pellicore and Matthieu Vigneron
The U.S. will need to make more spacecraft more quickly and less expensively.
Budget, Policy & Operations

VPT, VA (HEICO subsidiary) received AS9100D certification for quality.

Aerospace

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.

Aerospace

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.

Aerospace

By Mark Carreau
NASA soon intends to lift the curtain on a whole new strategy of turning to America’s private sector for the launch of a lunar lander.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup Surf Air Mobility has partnered with Brazilian regional carrier Azul Conecta to electrify a portion of the carrier’s Cessna Caravan fleet.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Electra.aero has received cash deposits from Bristow Group to secure early delivery positions for an initial five eSTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The FAA and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency are trying to figure out how best to certify the safety of nondeterministic programs.
Advanced Air Mobility

Eve Air Mobility (Eve) and flynas have signed an (MoU) to explore the future of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations in Saudi Arabia.
Aerospace

FlyNow Aviation, a provider in sustainable mobility solutions, will participate in the upcoming COP28 Summit in Dubai.
Aerospace

FAI Aviation Group was honoured at the 2023 Middle East Aviation Awards on 14th November, during the Dubai Airshow.
Aerospace

The Middle East’s luxury travel market is evolving rapidly, extending beyond opulent experiences to incorporate heritage, innovation and sustainability.
Aerospace

Dronamics, a cargo drone airline with a license to operate in Europe, and Qatar Airways Cargo, have signed an interline agreement.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Helped by international players, the UAE has become a regional leader in space.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid eSTOL flies; sea-based high-speed VTOL; China’s electric regional; Piasecki’s tilt-duct ARES revived.
Emerging Technologies

AVTECH SWEDEN was selected by Wizz Air UK to provide Aventus and SIGMA in-flight services to monitor wind and turbulence/weather data.

Aerospace

CFM INTERNATIONAL has SunExpress order to supply LEAP-1Bs for 90 737 MAXs on order/option (SPNWS; Nov 17).

Aerospace

HONEYWELL was selected by Emirates to supply wheels/carbon brakes for 116 A380s; under terms of the 10-year agreement, maintenance of the wheels and brakes will be performed through Emirates maintenance shops in Dubai.

Aerospace

Terry George to Interim Senior Vice President, leading site operations at Wichita and Tulsa, of Spirit AeroSystems; Sam Marnick is leaving company.

Aerospace

ZEROAVIA was selected by UK-based Ecojet (working with MONTE) to supply up to 70 ZA600/ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines for its regional aircraft fleet starting in 2025. Ecojet is planning '24 startup with conventionally-powered aircraft.

Aerospace

EVE and JEJU AIR, South Korea released new concept of operations white paper for eVTOL flights on Jeju Island.

Aerospace