Aerospace

Delegates and attendees of the fifth annual World Aviation Safety Summit (WASS) said today that aviation safety should not be threatened by commercial or political interference, such as the recent US and UK electronics bans that have caused controversy throughout the sector.

The UAE Space Agency hosted Saturday a Jupiter observation event on Abu Dhabi corniche, providing members of the public with rare views of the gas giant as it makes its closest approach to Earth this year at 666 million kilometers.

Dubai Duty Free retained the title as Airport Travel Retailer of the Year at the annual Duty Free News International (DFNI) Global Travel Awards for Travel Retail Excellence held on Friday, 7th April at the Lancaster Hotel in London, U.K.

Pegasus Airlines has evaluated its performance for 2016 whilst disclosing its targets for the future.

AfBAC EXPO, the African Business Aviation Association's first combined conference, exhibition and static display, has confirmed that the event which takes place later this month, is being supported by the South African Civil Aviation Authority, with its director of Civil Aviation, Poppy Khoza, giving a keynote address.

Mutlirotors, tiltwings, tiltrotor, ducted fans—there is no shortage of designs for electric VTOL air taxis, but which are practical and which will dominate the market?

John Griffin, the chief engineer on the B-2 bomber program, discusses the origins and significance of stealth aircraft.

A recent surge in physiological cockpit episodes has led the U.S. military to take a closer look at oxygen systems in combat aircraft.

Gulf Air has been independently ranked by UK aviation analysts OAG the most punctual airline in 2016, amongst GCC airlines, with an average on-time performance (OTP) of 82.7%.

Kuwait's National Assembly has rejected an initial application by Kuwait Airways to withdraw KWD600 million dinars (USD1.96 billion) from the country's General Reserve Fund (KGRF), reports ch-aviation.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA)has released data for global air freight markets in September 2017 showing that demand (measured in freight tonne kilometers or FTKs), rose 9.2% compared to the same month in 2016. This was the slowest pace of growth seen in five months. However, it was still significantly higher than the five-year average growth rate of 4.4%.

Royal Air Maroc Cargo has launched a new service dedicated to the shipment of personal belongings from the USA and Canada to an extended number of countries in Africa, with special promotional rates for all bookings made until the 15th of November 2017.

Lockheed Martin’s X-56A is finally ready to show that potentially destructive flutter of a flexible wing can be actively suppressed, enabling design of more slender, lower-drag airliner wings.

NASA’s Gulfstream III testbeds gather data on landing-gear treatments and trailing-edge flap designs that promise to reduce aircraft noise.

Turboelectric airliner gets closer look; battery test for X-57; Airlander airship eyed for tourism; evolving local drone rules; tacking drone ID; other UAS news

Vanilla Aircraft’s VA001 breaks new ground for conventionally powered unmanned aircraft by staying aloft for just over five days.

The service’s new trainer will feature a next-generation ejection seat designed to improve safety for student pilots.

Airports Council International announced the winners of the ACI (Airports Council International) Africa Safety Awards at the 27th ACI Africa World Annual General Assembly which saw Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport win the ACI 2017 Safety Award.

Boeing’s “MAX sandwich,” Comac’s lost opportunity, a boost for bizav and Airbus’s big market gain.

Hoping to have stopped infrastructural degradation, Onera engineers turn to improving wind tunnel.

Air Arabia disposed of 590,000 shares to an unspecified party/parties a filing with the Egyptian Stock Exchange (ESX) on October 11, reports ch-aviation.

Airports Company South Africa and four of its airports have been honoured at the 27th Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards, held in Port Louis, Mauritius on Tuesday evening.

New generations of fuels can drastically reduce carbon emissions without harming the food supply or the environment.

What the metaphor of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse can tell us about the industry’s future.

Lockheed Martin’s long-range cruise missile is being installed on the F-15E, F-16, B-2 and B-52 combat aircraft.