As part of a project launched by the EU's Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA), Thales and ATR are working on a dual-frequency receiver that would enable aircraft to utilize both the GPS and the Galileo positioning satellite constellations.
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the government body that underwrites export orders for British products, has supported the sale of Bombardier C Series aircraft for the first time.
Airbus forecasts that air passenger traffic in India will grow by 8.1% per year over the next 20 years, almost double the expected global average of 4.4% annual passenger traffic growth.
The Zimbabwean Government has pulled the plug on the now stillborn Zimbabwe Airways project with Minister of Transport Joram Gumbo having now decided to focus on resuscitating the moribund Air Zimbabwe, reports ch-aviation.
RwandAir hosted the recent African Airlines Association (AFRAA) annual general assembly in Kigali. Victoria Moores caught up with acting CEO, Colonel Chance Ndagano, to find out what has happened since his took over the leadership in April 2017.
President Macri’s economic policies are creating opportunities for new carriers, especially low-cost alternatives, in a nation still using long bus routes.
Adaptive flight control progresses, Audi joins eVTOL study, Swiss team advances electric propulsion, Marines test resupply hive, and Ford researches UAS.
At the Global Sustainable Aviation Summit in Geneva today, airlines and aircraft operators around the world were reminded about upcoming milestones for the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
A combination of temporary factors—the timing of the Lunar New Year, alongside strong air passenger growth a year earlier—caused the global air passenger market to show only 4.6% year-over-year (YOY) growth in January, its slowest rate since March 2014, according to IATA’s January Air Passenger Market Analysis.
While there was a lot of talk of progress at the World ATM Congress here, including regarding drone traffic management and space-based aircraft tracking, NATO cautioned that security and military concerns need to be considered by air navigation service providers (ANSPs).
US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) head David Pekoske offered a broad outline for a new TSA strategy emphasizing “better tools, better procedures and better training” to stop “adversaries [who] are continuously evolving their tactics.”
Global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat reported $1.4 billion in total group revenue for 2017, up 5.4% from 2016, largely on the strength of 36.7% growth in Inmarsat’s aviation sector, which includes its inflight connectivity (IFC) business. The aviation sector reported $195 million in total revenue for the year.
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co. (Gameco) is seeking to dramatically expand its workforce and hangar facilities to meet growing demand from its part-owner China Southern Airlines and other customers.
HNA Group, which is struggling to meet obligations to creditors, has secured local government investment in its subsidiary based at Urumqi in northwest China. The group is also negotiating for the city government of Beijing to increase its stake in Beijing-based Capital Airlines, according to an industry source close to HNA.
Etihad Airways has launched a new hand baggage only ‘Deal Fare’ across selected destinations, allowing travellers to purchase lower fares in Economy Class if no checked baggage is required.
Chairman and CEO of Aurora Flight Sciences, Dr. John S. Langford, was awarded the Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award at Aviation Week's 61st annual Laureate Awards at the National Building Museum in Washington on March 1, 2018.
