The air traffic management (ATM) industry has been urged to ensure new digital technologies are introduced not only safely, but in ways that improve safety performance.
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 has entered the Chinese market days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s Nov. 8-10 visit to China, during which Boeing commercial aircraft sales are expected to a be a prime topic of discussion.
Japan Airlines (JAL) intends to order more widebody aircraft to meet its growth objectives, although a decision about which type could be some way off.
The new Dubai World Central Airport (DWC) would allow Emirates Airline to operate 200 Airbus A380s – twice as many as it has today, the carrier’s president said Friday.
As inflight connectivity provider Gogo continues the rollout of its latest satellite-based inflight internet technology, it is also working to upgrade its air-to-ground system with faster speeds.
The Bombardier CSeries is “already largely a US product” and contains more US-produced content than the Boeing 787, Bombardier president and CEO Alain Bellemare said.
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded Analogic a $4 million contract to enable the Boston-based technology firm to further develop its ConneCT computed tomography (CT) airport checkpoint screening machines.
Boeing’s HorizonX innovation unit made its first foray into advanced materials production and applications Nov. 1 with its investment in Gamma Alloys, a Valencia, California-based aluminum alloy developer of advanced metal-matrix composites.
Bombardier will miss its 2017 delivery target for the CSeries by 8-10 aircraft, but the manufacturer has signed the first sales agreement for the CSeries—with an unidentified European customer—since April 2016.
When it costs more to certify new avionics systems than to engineer them, it’s time for governments to agree on standards and accept other's approvals.
Airbus Commercial Aircraft recorded an EBIT (adjusted) of €591 million ($697.4 million) in the third quarter of 2017, up 4.2% compared to €567 million in 3Q 2016.
Embraer is viewing 2018 as a “transition year” in which commercial aircraft deliveries and production will dip as the E190-E2 achieves entry-into-service (EIS) and the Brazilian manufacturer contends with the “learning curve” of a new aircraft rolling off the assembly line.
Thai Airways is in the final stages of assessing its options for major new aircraft orders, even while it is still receiving more widebodies from existing orders.
While a number of bag tracking solutions are emerging on the market, a number of issues remain unresolved, such as who should take the lead, who should pay for the changeover and how to tackle the complexities of global implementation.
The airline industry has broadly welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a pilot program engaging state and local governments in the development of federal regulations for unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) operations, which seeks to balance local and national concerns.
