Startup Venus Aerospace plans to proceed with the development, testing and production of a small hypersonic aircraft capable of transporting a dozen passengers or time-critical payloads between major continental destinations in an hour.
NASA plans an industry day on March 9 for the Electrified Power train Flight Demonstration project to flight test megawatt-class electric aircraft propulsion systems.
Airbus says it is working on solutions addressing concerns raised by EASA and Boeing about the fire safety of the Airbus A321XLR rear center tank (RCT), adding that the variant’s development and certification schedule remain on track.
Similar to the electric flying car-focused Agility Prime program, the purpose of Vector Prime is to establish a vehicle for the Air Force to support commercial companies working on supersonic and hypersonic transports.
WestJet is concerned over some aspects associated with potential financial support from Canada’s government for the country’s airlines, including ensuring regional communities retain air service.
U.S. regional carrier Mesa Airlines, which operates scheduled passenger flights as American Eagle and United Express, is seeking to bring its business model to Europe.
After months of uncertainty over whether it would survive the pandemic, Norwegian Air Shuttle may finally be nearing a restructuring solution ahead of a mid-April deadline.
A cross-section of stakeholders from across the commercial airline industry called on U.S. federal lawmakers to promptly pass another round of targeted support at a House Transportation Committee hearing March 2.
French maritime transport and logistics specialist CMA CGM has abandoned plans to acquire 30% of Groupe Dubrueil Aéro and will now launch cargo flights on March 8, in partnership with Air Belgium.
HyPoint has unveiled a functional laboratory prototype of a hydrogen fuel-cell power system for electric aircraft that the startup says will have three times the specific power of existing fuel cells and five times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries.
Passengers will be willing to fly once travel restrictions allow, but the speed of a recovery in air traffic will depend on governments’ approach to lifting those restrictions, IATA said March 2.
European Commission (EC) president Ursula von der Leyen has confirmed that work is underway on a “Digital Green Pass,” which aims to facilitate the restart of European travel.
AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly sees “strong growth opportunities” for his company as airlines are forced into pursuing asset-light strategies and reducing debt burdens over the coming years.
Startup Universal Hydrogen is to complete construction of a subscale version of its fuel-cell power train for regional aircraft after receiving a minority investment from existing partner Plug Power.
