An initial project will create a digital twin of the UK’s airspace and then use machine learning to understand flight movements across the country in the hope of creating an AI system to support air traffic controllers.
In France a wide-ranging study is underway to model how climate change is going to affect commercial air transport, from takeoff performance to airport submersion and leisure travel demand.
Textron Aviation is realigning its turboprop aircraft lineup as the single-engine Beechcraft Denali (previously branded the Cessna Denali) to join the legendary twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 260 and King Air 360/360ER as part of the company’s high-performance turboprop product lineup.
A FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 aircraft heading to Kyrgyzstan and a ‘unidentified’ aircraft from Gulf Air collided with each other on the taxiway at Dubai International Airport.
Embraer delivered a total of 34 jets in the second quarter of 2021, of which 14 were commercial aircraft and 20 were executive jets (12 light and eight large).
After opting not to park widebody aircraft during the COVID-19 pandemic, United Airlines will have 30 incremental twin aisle jets in the summer of 2022 compared to 2019, which the airline believes will allow for robust growth prospects, depending on market conditions.
A fleet of grounded Boeing 777s widebodies at United Airlines is creating cost challenges for the airline in the 2021 third quarter while also prompting problems with gauge in the U.S. domestic market.
The long-awaited loosening of restrictions is welcome news for the country’s aviation sector, but with it coming after the typical summer peak it is unclear how pent-up demand will manifest.
