All aerospace news – Page 20
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Interview
How American Airlines’ Rachael McMahon thrives as an unseen crewmember
Having flourished as an aircraft dispatcher working at American Airlines, Rachael McMahon is loving her new responsibility as an irregular operations lead.
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News
Rolls-Royce commences tests on pressurising and pumping liquid hydrogen
Rolls-Royce has embarked on cryogenic tests to pressurise liquid hydrogen and pump it into an engine’s combustion chamber, as part of its effort to develop hydrogen-based propulsion for future airliners. The manufacturer has started the tests at its Solihull facility in the UK. Rolls-Royce has already demonstrated that a wholly-hydrogen ...
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Swiss brings back last of fleet grounded during Covid
Swiss International Air Lines has brought the last of 25 aircraft grounded during the Covid pandemic back into commercial service today.
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Overair reveals full-sized prototype of ‘Butterfly’ air taxi
Southern California air taxi developer Overair on 19 December revealed the first full-scale prototype of its electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle.
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Analysis
What next after landmark 100% SAF flight?
When a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 flew from London to New York in late November with both its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines powered purely by sustainable aviation fuel, the event was celebrated as a major milestone on aviation’s journey to net zero carbon emissions.
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Scottish spaceport secures approval as UK’s first vertical-launch facility
UK regulators have granted a licence to a Scottish spaceport, located in the Shetland Islands, enabling it to conduct vertical launches from next year. The spaceport, SaxaVord, becomes the first in the country to be licensed for vertical launch capability. SaxaVord has been verified by the UK Civil Aviation Authority ...
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Environmental groups fear US poised to promote SAF that is not sustainable
Environmental groups are warning that new US guidelines for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will promote widespread production of biofuels that may not actually be sustainable. Airlines disagree.
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Calio to succeed Hayes as RTX chief executive from May 2024
RTX has confirmed that Chris Calio will succeed Greg Hayes as chief executive on 2 May. Calio is currently president and chief operating officer, while Hayes will continue as executive chairman after the annual shareholders’ meeting on that date. Source: RTX Calio has previously headed the Pratt & ...
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Chris Raymond to become Boeing Global Services CEO
Boeing’s chief sustainability officer Chris Raymond will succeed Stephanie Pope as chief executive of Boeing Global Services, effective on 1 January 2024.
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Interview
Ampaire’s CEO: 12h flight demonstrates hybrid-electric’s range-extending potential
Hybrid-electric propulsion developer Ampaire recently completed a continuous 12h flight with its Electric EEL aircraft, demonstrating the range-extending potential of its technology for regional aviation.
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In depth
‘Very novel and very difficult’: Wisk takes measured approach to developing autonomous air taxi
Wisk is on a mission to improve people’s lives by making their daily commutes or trips to the airport more manageable, and for its autonomous flight technology to be widely accessible.
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Wisk CEO: Air taxi start-up ’not in either camp’ on eVTOL charging debate
As opposing views on standards for electric air taxi charging infrastructure have recently burst into public view, autonomous aircraft developer Wisk Aero finds both cases compelling.
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Piaggio bidders gain yet more time to submit final offers
Piaggio Aerospace’s five-year stint in administration shows no sign of ending any time soon after the deadline to submit binding offers for the Italian airframer was again extended.
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Boeing accelerates 737 deliveries in November as Emirates 777X deal boosts backlog
Boeing ramped up its 737 Max deliveries in November and secured a massive order from Emirates Airline for the in-development 777X, giving the airframer’s backlog a boost as 2023 nears closure.
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FAA to set new PW1100G maintenance requirements after learning more parts could fail
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to place new maintenance requirements on airlines after learning that more components in Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines may be affected by a powder-metal manufacturing problem.
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FAA to require 737NG nacelle modifications in response to deadly 2018 CFM56 engine failure
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed rules targeting Boeing 737NG nacelles following two engine failures late last decade that caused significant aircraft damage and killed one person.
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Boeing picks Stephanie Pope for new chief operating officer role
Boeing has appointed Stephanie Pope – currently head of the airframer’s services business – to the newly created post of chief operating officer, effective from 1 January.
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Kenya Airways faces peak-travel schedule disruption over spares shortage
Kenya Airways is experiencing a shortage of aircraft spares and has cautioned passengers that its flight schedule over the next few weeks could be disrupted. The airline is embarking on a “busy holiday season”, it says, with an increase in air travel demand. But it states that there are “challenges” ...
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Maeve Aerospace aims higher with larger hybrid-electric aircraft design
Dutch start-up Maeve Aerospace has radically redrawn its aircraft development plans, dropping a previous proposal for a battery-powered 44-seater in favour of an 80-passenger hybrid-electric design.
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ANA, Joby, Nomura to explore vertiport development in Japan
All Nippon Airways parent ANA Holdings will work with US electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation and property developer Nomura Real Estate to study the development of vertiports in Japan.