Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Under the name Volocopter (Chengdu) Technology, the new venture aims to offer UAM solutions to China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The startup has decided it wants to start flying people as soon as possible and so will certify the autonomous single-seat Heaviside H2 now in flight testing as its entry into the market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Reaching a target of 10% SAF use by 2030 will require the scaling up of production to at least 9.5 billion gal./year from the less than 10 million gal. produced in 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
As Airbus is exploring several technologies to drastically cut and eventually annihilate an aircraft’s CO2 emissions, its design engineers are considering micro-hybridization as a starting point in electrification.
Emerging Technologies

An all-new Gulfstream G700 has set its first-ever city-pair speed records from Savannah to Doha, Qatar, and then from Doha to Paris.
Business Aviation

Expo 2020 Dubai's must-see aviation attraction is gearing up to open its doors to the public on 1 October and the Emirates Pavilion will offer a preview for the future of commercial aviation.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Heart Aerospace has selected a supplier to complete preliminary design of the doors for its ES-19 all-electric 19-seat regional airliner while Deutsche Aircraft has chosen a company to produce the wing box and engine supports for its D328eco 40-seat regional turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Engine makers face more questions than answers as they plot future turboprop hybrid-electric evolution strategy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Fuel supply mandates, blenders’ tax credits, voluntary targets are all in the mix as SAF becomes the near-term path to sustainability.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The goal is to be able to fly missions longer than 200 km (125 mi.) with nine passengers and zero emissions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Etihad Airways and talabat, the region's food delivery and q-commerce platform, have signed a region-wide MoU. The agreement will see the two organisations collaborate on a range of initiatives that will benefit both Etihad Airways and talabat customers and employees.
Emerging Technologies

Inmarsat has launched its innovative new OneFi customer experience platform for airlines.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
FAA’s Center for Emerging Concepts and Innovation addresses novel technologies in eVTOL, safety enhancements, electric propulsion, advanced flight controls and flight deck displays as well as advanced automation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The oil and gas company has set itself a target of producing 2 million metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a year by 2025—a significant near-term scale-up in supply since Shell is not producing SAF at present.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau, Thierry Dubois
With the regional aircraft market split between Embraer and ATR, U.S. airlines will have to buy in for Embraer to break into turboprops.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Sweden-based SCA, Europe’s largest private forest owner, and Nordic energy company St1 have established a joint venture to produce and sell liquid biofuels, including sustainable aviation fuel.
Emerging Technologies

By Carole Rickard Hedden
KVS Technologies has entered into agreement with Air Methods’ Spright, for one-stop linear inspection services for utility companies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
As manufacturers strive to reduce the fuel burn and emissions of their next generation of commercial airliners, longer wings are near the top of the list.
Sustainability

Bahrain’s Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications has renewed its long-standing partnership with leading aerospace event organiser Farnborough International to organise the 2022 and 2024 editions of the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS).
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Electric Accel takes off; Moog flies SureFly; Tulips cleans airports; Terrafugia launches UAV; and Hamburg’s drone sandbox.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The credit is intended to stimulate production and consumption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by reducing the price premium over conventional jet fuel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Canada’s SAF+ Consortium has produced the first few liters of synthetic kerosene at its pilot plant in Montreal.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Universe of customers for eVTOL aircraft expands, with Europcar Brazil plans to order 50 eGyros from startup Skyworks Aeronautics.
Advanced Air Mobility

Recaro Aircraft Seating (Recaro) is to equip Qatar Airways with its brand-new CL3810 economy class seat. Starting at the end of 2022, twenty shipsets of the CL3810 will be installed on the new A321neo fleet.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois
Cabin interiors specialists are looking beyond COVID-19 to the interiors trends that will shape the coming years of recovery.
Interiors & Connectivity