Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Air Force Research Lab prepares for lasers; DARPA wants safe autonomy; Air Force tests diesel aero-engine; Ad Astra advances Vasimr.
Aerospace

Egypt is probably the most important country in the Middle East and Africa when it comes to aviation. However, it has faced its share of challenges in recent years, including the revolution and a range of security issues.
Aerospace

Boeing and Turkish Airlines have celebrated the delivery of the airline's first 777 Freighter. It's the first of two 777 Freighters, Turkish Airlines has on order for this year.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno, Graham Warwick
Will large aircraft ever fly with no pilot on board? It is inevitable, our panel says. But what about passenger acceptance?
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Boeing and JAXA are testing lidar-based turbulence detection systems, which may fly on commercial airliners by the mid-2020s.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid turbine-electric propulsion will require rethinking of aircraft designs to gain greater efficiency benefits by tightly integrating propulsion and aerodynamics.
Aerospace

Low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines' CCO Guliz Ozturk gave a keynote LCC interview on the first day of this year's Aviation Festival at London's Business Design Centre on 7 September 2017 revealing the company's strategies to transform travel in the region.
Aerospace

Oman Air has signed an agreement with Takatuf Oman, the Human Capital solutions provider, to introduce a range of assessment solutions to Oman Air's dynamic talent management processes. This comes as part of the Company's continued drive towards enhancing talent management processes.
Aerospace

The business aviation industry in Morocco is looking forward to a boost from the MEBAA Show Morocco when it opens next week at the Marrakech Menara Airport on the 12 September.
Aerospace

Vianney Goncalves, Jr.
The reach of a fully realized technology transfer program can be vast, enabling leaps in learning and the restructuring of organizations.
Defense

Although United Airlines has had no shortage of growing pains since deciding in 2012 to morph Apple iPads into the perfect electronic flight bag for the flight deck, a less turbulent future is now on the horizon.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Though hybrid and electric propulsion holds great promise, the age of the turbofan is far from over.
Aerospace

Air Madagascar and Air Austral have confirmed the signing of their firm strategic partnership agreement has been delayed until late October at the earliest pending the resolution of several issues including the settlement of the Malagasy carrier's oustanding debts, reports ch-avaition.
Aerospace

The government of Burundi is planning to resuscitate moribund national carrier Air Burundi by merging it with fellow parastatal, the profitable ground-handling firm SOBUGEA (Société Burundaise de Gestion des Entrepôts et d'Assistance des Avions en Escale), reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says more jobs could be created and additional economic growth achieved in Nigeria if the West African nation used the transformative power of aviation as a strategic pillar to further strengthen and enhance its economic recovery and national development.
Aerospace

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for June showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 7.8% compared to the year-ago period.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Airbus Voom hitches ride with Cabify, Ehang plans bigger eVTOL air taxi, SonicBAT tests humidity’s effect on booms, and smallsat launcher testing picks up pace.
Aerospace

Etihad Aviation Group has confirmed that it has terminated negotiations with TUI AG, in relation to a potential joint venture involving the leisure operations of Air Berlin Group and the German TUIfly company.
Aerospace

The Royal Saudi Air Force has officially inducted the new Boeing F-15SA tactical fighter in a ceremony at the King Faisal Air Academy. Jon Lake reports.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways was announced today as Official Partner and Official Airline of FIFA as part of a ground-breaking sponsorship package lasting until 2022.
Aerospace

EgyptAir Training Academy and EgyptAir Maintenance and Engineering have participated in Aviation Suppliers and Stakeholders Convention 2017 in Tunisia.
Aerospace

Jazeera Airways was recently ranked #1 in the region and # 2 on a global scale for its 2016 performance on overall punctuality.
Aerospace

The Airbus Foundation together with its partner The Little Engineer is rolling out the Airbus Little Engineer (ALE) robotics programme in Africa.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Technology is advancing rapidly but, for once, regulators are ready with airworthiness rules designed to keep pace with innovation. Urban air mobility will put them to the test.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Quiet operation is existential to urban air transport, and industry is also grappling with quantifying annoyance caused by nonacoustic factors.
Aerospace