All aerospace news – Page 1268
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NASA sets out CLV upper stage flight test timetable
Trials to start in second quarter of 2011, while contract could be placed in 2008
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Unmanned rotorcraft face setback
Experimental programmes suffer double blow as Dragonfly loss follows hard on heels of Eagle Eye accident
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The airline doctor: Dave Banmiller is a serial airline restructurer
Dave Banmiller, chief executive of Hawaiian carrier Aloha Airlines, is now on his third airline restructuring after what he hopes will be its last appearance in the US bankruptcy courts. So what does it take to revive a patient on the critical list?
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Blurring the model: Low cost airlines and regional carriers swap tactics
Low-cost chief executives have often said that there is no single low-cost business model, and the way the sector has developed seems to have proved them right
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NewsEmissions trading only part of environmental solution: industry
Industry groups generally believe that emissions trading will go some way towards reducing the negative impact of aviation on the environment, but agree that it only offers part of the solution.
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NewsConsultants warn more consolidation needed in European maintenance market
European maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) providers must form joint ventures and expand their product portfolios if they are to take advantage market growth of 50% in the next six years, consultancy Frost & Sullivan (F&S) has warned.
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NewsGeneral Atomics Predator B UAV crashes on Mexican border on customs and immigration patrol
The General Atomics MQ-9 Predator UAV operated by the US Border Patrol along the Mexico border crashed in the early morning of 25 April. The $6.8 million UAV was being used to detect illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.
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Pictures: Final BA ethnic tail leaves Heathrow service as BMed Airbus A320 returned to lessor
The final British Airways ethnic design tailfin left the fleet on Monday, with the retirement of a 12-year old Airbus A320-200 operated by BA franchise partner BMed (formerly British Mediterranean).
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Spain's Gamesa agrees sale of aerospace unit to CCM bank
Spanish aeronautics and energy group Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica is to raise €45 million ($56 million) from the disposal of its aerospace unit Gamesa Aeronáutica to a consortium led by Spanish savings bank Caja de Ahorros de Castilla La Mancha (CCM).
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NewsEurocontrol to recommend continuous descent approach across Europe following trials
Eurocontrol is to focus on advanced continuous descent approach (CDA) techniques to be used in the busiest airport periods following promising early results following trials at three airports