Aerospace

Turkish Airlines has contained first-quarter operating losses to $72 million, an improvement on the $300 million loss for the same period last year, reports FlightGlobal.
Aerospace

Emirates has set up a humanitarian airbridge between Dubai and India to transport urgent medical and relief items, to support India in its fight to control the serious COVID-19 situation in the country.
Aerospace

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois, Ben Goldstein, Adrian Schofield
Innovative new propulsion technologies are set to shape the regional sector in the years to come.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Wright Electric hits milestone; Pyrotechnic protection; Wisk teams with Blade; Beta flies for USAF; AKKA helps Aura Aero; Dufour funding.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Morgan Stanley has significantly reduced its forecast for the urban air mobility (UAM) market by 2040 and now expects regulatory hurdles to result in a substantially slower ramp-up in commercial services than anticipated.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Startup Jaunt Air Mobility has announced plans to locate its design and manufacturing operations in Canada.
Advanced Air Mobility

This webinar took place May 7, 2021. With COVID-19 having dealt a huge blow to regional airlines, it is unclear how soon their appetites for new
Aircraft & Propulsion

NYCO was selected by Air Nostrum Engineering & Maintenance SLU to supply Turbonycoil 600 turbine oil for CRJs and ATRs.
Aerospace

AERSALE had $10m net income on $58.4m revenues in 1Q21 vs $1m on $57.1m in 1Q20. It ended quarter with $19.6m cash.
Aerospace

Thales has released its order intake and sales for the first quarter of 2021.
Aerospace

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and Ethiopian Airlines are preparing to stage the 9th Aviation Stakeholders Convention (ASC) which will take place from 18 – 19 May 2021.
Aerospace

ACC Aviation, a UK-based aviation consultancy with offices in five global continents, reports a more than 20% year on year growth in the first quarter of 2021, despite the harsh impact on aviation brought about by the global pandemic. This follows a 200% year on year growth in charter sales in 2020.
Aerospace

By P. Barry Butler
Extended reality systems present a way to address key safety and workforce-training challenges.
Maintenance & Training

By Guy Norris
While Roc flight tests hog the limelight, Stratolaunch is quietly developing the Talon-A hypersonic testbed—Roc’s primary payload.
Emerging Technologies

By Richard Aboulafia
The company aims to regain its position at the top of the business-jet market, which it started losing 28 years ago.
Aircraft & Propulsion

PRATT & WHITNEY broke ground on $650m, 1.2m sq ft turbine airfoil manufacturing facility in Asheville, NC to open in 2H22.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
Boeing and NASA plan to conduct an uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 of the Starliner CST-100 crew capsule at 2:53 p.m. EDT on July 30, pending range approval, the company said May 6.
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
Miami International Airport on May 6 announced its selection by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to serve as a test site for drone detection technologies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

HOWMET AEROSPACE had $80m net income on $1.2b sales in 1Q21 vs $215m on $1.6b in 1Q20; it has $1.24b in cash.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
Will we ever be able to trust an autonomous aircraft?
Aerospace

AEROXCHANGE was selected by PSA Airlines to provide AeroBuy/AeroRepair e-commerce solutions to automate parts procurement/repair management.
Aerospace

Mike Mueller to President & Chief Executive Officer of Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC), Ottawa.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Startup Wright Electric has begun testing the megawatt-scale power inverter that is a key building block in development of the electric propulsion system for its planned single-aisle airliner.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates SkyCargo is marking the first anniversary of loading urgently required PPE, related supplies and other vital cargo on the seats and inside the overhead bins of its Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft.
Aerospace

ACC Aviation, which has offices in five global continents, reports an upsurge in consultancy work in Africa.
Safety, Ops & Regulation