Aerospace

Aircraft cabin lighting company STG Aerospace yesterday launched saf-Tsign blu, the world’s first and only blue-glowing photoluminescent aircraft signage.

Éric Trappier, chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation has presented the financial report for 2018 together with the main guidance for 2019.

Europe’s supersonic split; Wing advances UTM; Safran hybrid-electric plans; Printing aircraft liveries

Airbus CEO Tom Enders says the key challenges of the next 25 years will be fundamentally different from those of the last several decades.

Aviation Week flies Sikorsky’s autonomous S-76 testbed as the company reveals its interest in the urban air mobility market.

Vertex Aerospace has expanded its global presence by establishing a regional office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Company received its license to practice business in the UAE March 5, 2019, under its Vertex Global Aerospace business line.

Al Bateen Executive Airport (ABEA), owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Airports, has received the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition 2019 for its ‘Al Bateen VVIP’ project.

Emirates has been awarded Best First Class in the world at the 2019 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice awards for Airlines.

The 13th Crystal Cabin Awards have been presented in Hamburg revealing the latest in cabin innovations.

Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its first B737-800 freighter, the first of its kind in the Ethiopian Cargo fleet mix, on March 01, 2019.

New five-blade rotor comes from Airbus’ Bluecopter technology demonstrator.

Gediminas Ziemelis, chairman of Avia Solutions Group, explains how and why airlines should be held accountable for passenger compensation when it comes to delays and cancellations.

At this year's annual Aviation Africa summit and exhibition – held in Kigali, Rwanda, 27th-28th February – the Chairman of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and CEO of Qatar Airways, Akbar Al Baker, was interviewed onstage by summit Chairman Alan Peaford MBE (editor-in-chief of African Aerospace and Arabian Aerospace).

The UK's International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox has announced that UK Export Finance (UKEF) will provide £130 million to support three projects in Ghana, including the development of Tamale Airport.

Engineers have adopted a simple approach to the CityAirbus electric propulsion architecture.

The Aviation Africa Summit and exhibition was opened this morning by Rwandan President, H.E. Paul Kagame with a strong message of support for the aviation industry along with a reaffirmed determination to see Africa progress with its ‘Open Skies’ actions.

Aircraft manufacturer ATR and the AviAssist Foundation announced a partnership for safety at the Aviation Africa 2019 conference in Kigali, Rwanda today.

The current situation is combustible enough for defense analysts and planners to ponder how Venezuela might affect the 2019-21 outlook for the sector.

Startup Sabrewing secures seed funding and launch order as it begins building full-scale unmanned cargo aircraft.

Boeing Airpower Teaming System is a fighter-like unmanned aircraft specifically designed to be exportable globally.

From commercial aircraft and helicopters to unmanned aerial systems and satellite imaging, Airbus is showcasing the full spectrum of its business, products and services in Africa at this year’s Aviation Africa summit which opens in Kigali, Rwanda, tomorrow.

Humphrey Nkonde reports from the 48th Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) annual general assembly in Zambia.

Record-breaking aeronaut Brian Jones is heading a British commercial HAPS startup with backing from Ordnance Survey.

AeroVironment’s secretive, high-altitude pseudo-satellite aircraft is supposed to be a pillar of its growth. Slowly but surely, investors are learning how.

Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airways, has been inducted into The African CEO's Hall Of Fame during the African Leadership Magazine's Persons of the Year ceremony which took place on February 22, 2019 in Johannesburg.