Emerging Technologies

Air India Express has become the first Indian airline to launch a virtual interline platform.

Some airlines are becoming increasingly involved in studies to see which concepts might be more beneficial than others to their future operations.

UK advertising watchdog ASA has upheld complaints that a radio ad relating to Virgin Atlantic’s much-publicized 100% SAF flight in November 2023 was misleading.

Raytheon Saudi Arabia, an RTX business, has started its 2024 internship programme, welcoming 14 Saudi students from ten leading universities and technical institutes across the Kingdom.

SITA is launching a new version of its wireless solution, SITA Mobile Data Access (MDA) 2.0.

An engine choice for a 737 successor may be years away, but Boeing is showing signs of preferring ducted engines to the outwardly more efficient open fan.

The service is weighing a quick start for its next tanker while pausing the sixth-generation fighter program.

Boeing is questioning the use of CFM International’s RISE open fan engine to power its next-generation single aisle aircraft.

The Tempest program faces a political stress test in Britain’s new strategic defense review.

Ethiopian Airlines Group has entered a partnership with the United States (US) Transport Security Administration (TSA) PreCheck programme.

China’s battery giant CATL has agreed to invest “hundreds of millions of dollars” in AutoFlight, the Shanghai-based eVTOL aircraft developer.

Ethiopian Airlines Group has signed an MoU with Satarem America to partner on production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in Ethiopia.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently cut the ribbon on its new Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory.

Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed a purchase deal with a leading Japanese energy company that will help it meet its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) usage target.

Qatar Airways Cargo has launched the "My Allotments” feature on its website within the Digital Lounge portal enhancing booking efficiency and intuitiveness.

Compound, conventional rotorcraft and tiltrotors are among the technologies being proposed by industry for NATO’s future rotorcraft needs.

Two startups join short list of companies that have unveiled full-scale prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

“This model ... did what it was meant to do, which is it proved the aerodynamics of the nose activating take-off gear,” says JetZero CEO Tom O’Leary.

Vast has allotted its first two payload lockers on its in-development private space station to Redwire and Yuri, which have run ISS microgravity experiments.

The European Commission has placed what ACI Europe describes as “severe restrictions” on the use of the latest generation cabin baggage scanners.

The self-service function covers the end-to-end processes of online check-in, travel document verification, bag drop, entering the security area, and boarding.

Dubai Airports has introduced a new facility combining Left Luggage and Mishandled Baggage services, to enhance the guest experience at Dubai International's (DXB) Terminal 2.

With CCA projects emerging across the world, engine manufacturers are mobilizing to secure a piece of the burgeoning market.

The Pentagon is exploring using commercial launch vehicles for point-to-point delivery by the 2030s.

The Aerospace Corp. plans to expand its TRL Bootcamp, a technology-accelerator program initially funded by the U.S. Space Force to include NASA.