All aerospace news – Page 975
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AirAsia X order for Airbus A350s imminent
AirAsia X, the Malaysia-based long-haul low-cost airline, is likely to place an order for the Airbus A350 shortly as part of its expansion plans. The...
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Aviacsa seeks to quickly resume operations following grounding
Mexican authorities have temporarily grounded Aviacsa and the carrier's fleet of Boeing 737s over alleged safety violations.
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NewsStakeholders hopeful FCC opens discussion on in-flight cell use
Several in-flight connectivity stakeholders are hopeful the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the FAA will open the discussion about overturning...
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PICTURE: Aeronautics reveals Picador unmanned helicopter
Israel's Aeronautics Defense Systems has test flown a half-scale model of its Picador unmanned rotorcraft and expects to receive approval from the nation's...
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How the autopilot/flight director TCAS works
Airbus has radically modified the interface that pilots use to react to resolution advisories from the aircraft's on-board traffic alert and collision avoidance...
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Pilot error blamed for fatal One-Two-Go crash in Phuket
Pilot error was the main cause of the fatal crash of a One-Two-Go passenger aircraft in Phuket in 2007, Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has...
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Bombardier pitches Q400 for Aerial Common Sensor
A special mission variant of the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 has been submitted to the US Army to serve as the future Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) platform, the...
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NewsScience could be victim of ISS cargo pressure
Doubling the size of the crew aboard the International Space Station presents a number of logistical challenges.
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Airbus reveals A380-linked pilot systems secrets
Until now, Airbus has been keeping secret two radical new safety-related avionics solutions that have emerged during its A380 development programme
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NewsPICTURE: Steadicopter flies Black Eagle 50 UAV
Israeli firm Steadicopter has unveiled its Black Eagle 50 mini rotary unmanned air vehicle. The design is 2.3m (7.5ft) long and has a rotor diameter of 2m,...
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Pilot error blamed for fatal One-Two-Go crash in Phuket
Pilot error was the main cause of the fatal crash of a One-Two-Go passenger aircraft in Phuket in 2007, Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has...
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Ryanair issues update on equipage of OnAir
Ryanair has already equipped 40 Boeing 737-800s with OnAir's in-flight mobile connectivity service, and is reporting rising usage rates.
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NewsEmivest flies first production SJ30
Emivest Aerospace says its first production SJ30, serial number 8, flew from the company's San Antonio, Texas, production...
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ATR plans to start flight-testing new -600 variant in June
Flight-testing of the upgraded ATR 42/72-600 variant is due to begin this month. The new models incorporate a Thales flightdeck avionics suite (pictured)...
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Majority of CSeries supplier contracts already awarded
As Bombardier heads towards preliminary design freeze of the CSeries later this year, the company has allocated the vast majority of supplier agreements...
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Weather suspected in Air France A330 loss
Weather conditions have emerged as a leading suspect in the assumed loss of an Air France Airbus A330-200 that disappeared off the coast of Brazil last night
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Cobham closes in on SVS certifcation
Cobham Avionics, formerly Chelton Flight Systems, expects to secure in June US Federal Aviation Administration Part 25 certification for its synthetic...
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NewsAir France: No success in contacting missing A330
Civil air traffic control authorities in Brazil, Africa, Spain and France have all failed in their attempts to contact the Air France Airbus A330-200 which...
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TriaGnoSys dramatically reduces cost of satellite calls
Germany's TriaGnoSys has launched ultra-efficient satellite communications compression software called VoCem, which can be used for all forms of remote communications...