Air Transport

We discuss the Pratt & Whitney-powered A320neo first flight this week and what it means for the industry.

Aircraft financing firms are voicing concerns that some kind of downward correction to commercial aircraft demand is likely and that there could be a corresponding effect on the number of aircraft cancellations or postponements.

The Pilot Shortage may be a myth today but it will be a reality in 15 to 20 years.

Can applique technologies reduce fuel burn across the U.S. Air Force transport fleet?

Working conditions of air traffic controllers continue to threaten the safety of the flying public today.

Clean Sky’s Low Noise Configuration project is demonstrating noise-reducing technologies for regional-turboprop landing gear and high-lift systems.

Confident that unconventional designs can reduce aircraft noise, NASA eyes less radical approaches.

NASA turns to numerical simulation to prove flap and gear noise reduction

The two major airlines in the Philippines are seizing new opportunities offered by fleet changes and government rulings.

SNPL pilot union demands could sink a struggling Air France

A conundrum: Increasingly reliable aircraft lead to disengaged pilots

Industry blasts FAA for lack of flight-testing on LED replacement lights.

‘Synergy’ has become the buzzword at Thales after its LiveTV acquisition

Embedding aircraft noise simulation into conceptual design tools could lead to quieter aviation

Rock-bottom pay and benefits offered by regional airlines are failing to attract pilots and pushing potential new ones to other professions.

In a major boost for Emirates, Dubai plans to substantially increase airport capacity

Boeing 747s face shrinking role on transpacific routes

New image shows significant update to EC135 helicopter

Launch of higher-density variants underlies inexorable narrowbody growth trend

A traveling bubble of protection and angst

Looking to the 777X, MHI is working to cut production risks

Manufacturing ramp-ups can be tricky, as the global commercial-aircraft industry well remembers from the great Boeing production foul-up of 1997.

Task force demos avoidance tools as battles slow MH17 investigators

Following UPS 1354, NTSB calls for mending of safety nets

Air France-KLM and Lufthansa, coming late to the low-fare market, prepare to take risks