On the eve of this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Hong Kong’s HAECO Cabin Solutions and Germany’s Diehl Aviation have jointly introduced three cabin interior products for the narrowbody market.
Global aviation can reach near-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but it will require early, aggressive and sustained government intervention that triggers widespread investment in zero-carbon aircraft and fuels, concludes a report by the nonprofit International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).
The Biden administration is expected to imminently lift pre-departure COVID-19 testing mandates for international arrivals, ending a pandemic-era policy that many analysts have blamed for slowing the return of international travel.
Airlines and airports believe that contactless technologies, in use at all stages of the air travel process from border control to onboard lavatories, are here to stay.
Spirit AeroSystems is delivering more Airbus A320 content than the manufacturer is currently using, helping build a buffer that will support steadily rising production rates.
Building on its involvement in a UK project that set a speed record for electric aircraft, energy storage specialist Electroflight has introduced a battery system designed to be available off the shelf for use in the early development of electric aircraft.
Russian airlines are embarking on a new approach to rebuilding their relationships with foreign lessors after the Kremlin banned leased Western-built aircraft from being returned following the implementation of sanctions.
Changi Airport Group (CAG) is expecting a full recovery by the northern winter season beginning Oct. 30 and is planning to reopen two of the airport’s terminals.
IATA has said that air travel resumed its strong recovery trend in April, despite the war in Ukraine and travel restrictions in China. This was driven primarily by international demand.
“Several airframers in commercial aviation are ready to go ahead with single-pilot operations,” says a Toulouse-based professor in an aerospace engineering course. “And they are waiting for one another to go first.”
