Aerospace

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) warned that air capacity for postal services is insufficient and urged governments to do more to support the movement of mail by air during the COVID-19 crisis.

Emirates SkyCargo has announced that with effect from the first week May 2020, it has commenced dedicated cargo flights on a scheduled basis every week to 67 global destinations across six continents.

How a business continuity plan can help lean companies survive the pandemic.

S7 Space Corp. has completed the relocation of the Sea Launch complex from Long Beach, California, to Russia’s Far East.

A series of accidents has underlined that development of safe, robust electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicles will be no easy task.

Coronavirus’ minor impact to F-35 testing; Japan’s future fighter office; Croatia delays fighter buy; L3Harris wins SSA contract; L-39 trials.

MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE (MIC) drew down $874m from two existing credit faciliites, adding to its $300m cash on hand, to increase liquidity.

TRANSDIGM announced several cost mitigation efforts due to disruption in aerospace/travel industries from COVID-19 crisis that include reducing

PRECINMAC PRECISION MACHINING was acquired by investor group of PINE ISLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS, BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT and COMPASS PARTNERS CAPITAL

This webinar took place April 3, 2020 From working to protect the hard-fought gains in attracting top talent to the A&D workforce to planning for the

Emirates SkyCargo is working with Accuity, a global provider of financial crime compliance, payments and Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, to help automate and streamline its regulatory compliance screening operations, increase efficiency and improve the speed of service to its customers.

Flydubai releases financial results from 2019.

Boeing will suspend production at its Philadelphia facilities for two weeks as Pennsylvania battles against the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Industry stakeholders need to start looking ahead and taking steps that will position them for a rapid recovery.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

MESA deferred first delivery from GE Aviation of 20 spare CF34-8C5s from August 2020 to April 2021; last is due in Dec 2021.

ELEMENT has developed a testing regime to cover the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and basic safety requirements for a Rapidly Manufactured

COLIBRI AERO and J&C AERO developed cargo seat bag (30"x30"x58" to cover triple seat) for A320 Family; each triple can carry 495 lb plus 60 lb

ADVANCED LOGISTICS FOR AEROSPACE (ALA) has acquired majority stake in INDUSTRIO (aerospace distributor), which will now operate as ALA GERMANY.

BOEING is initiating a voluntary layoff (VLO) plan for eligible employees to reduce need for other workforce actions; it says plan can help bridge

Turkish Airlines attended the BVMW (German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses) General Assembly last week.

Etihad Cargo has renewed its global cargo handling agreements with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world’s largest air cargo handler, with Frankfurt and Madrid joining six existing gateways in Europe, Asia and the United States.

Amid the COVID-19 crisis we talk to John Holmes, president and CEO of AAR Corp. He joined the company right before 9/11 and has seen it weather

Satellite operator’s assets include spacecraft, global spectrum rights and ground stations.

2020 could be the worst ever for aviation OEMs and their supply chains. Questions continue to focus on how bad things will get.