All news – Page 3708
-
News
EASA prepares for MRO oversight retaliation against USA
Europe's safety regulator is already preparing retaliatory action if the US Senate passes the controversial...
-
News
JetBird moves closer to air taxi launch
Air taxi start-up JetBird has taken a step closer to the commercial launch of its pan-European operation...
-
News
DARPA funds high-power satellite system demonstration
Full-scale system tests for a satellite high-power generation system (HPGS) is planned under a $13 million programme of work funded by the US Defense Advanced...
-
News
Airbus considers flight-data downlink to aid investigations
Airbus is to study downlinking of flight-critical data and other possible techniques to explore whether vital information could be more easily retrieved
-
News
Air France A330 struck ocean belly first and did not break up in mid-air
The Air France Airbus A330 that crashed into the South Atlantic last month is thought to have hit the sea belly first with a high rate of acceleration, but...
-
News
Business aviation in brief
BOTTOMING OUT The used business jet market bottomed out last month, according to UBS Investment...
-
News
Russian business airport plan stalls on take-off
Development of Russia's first dedicated business airport appears to have come to a halt after the government removed the military site from a list of approved dual-use facilities...
-
News
Indonesian Merpati 737 loses wheel while taking off
A wheel on the landing-gear of a Merpati Nusantara Boeing 737-400 fell off yesterday as it was taking off from an airport in eastern Indonesia.
-
News
GE's optimal approach
GE Aviation believes tests it has already conducted with SAS in Stockholm in optimal trajectory descent management are easily adaptable to carriers that...
-
News
Ground alert
ADS-B trials in the USA could lead to a big change in how pilots manage runway safety as they go beyond simple visual awareness
-
Opinion
Comment: open season for political posturing
European transport commissioner Antonio Tajani and several French politicians have been pronouncing on the Yemenia Airbus A310 accident in a way that reflects...
-
Opinion
Comment: no simple lick of paint
The USA's air supremacy is spearheaded by the F-22 Raptor. None doubt its performance, but many critics are convinced its stealth coatings are too fragile to be relied on in combat
-
News
FAA’s new NextGen vector: blue sky thinking; blue collar action
The USA's long-term vision for its national airspace system is taking shape one step at a time as the FAA adopts a pragmatic attitude
-
News
New York Kennedy airport trial provides glimpse into the future of airport ground operations
Surveillance technology on trial at New York Kennedy provides a possible glimpse into the future of airport ground operations
-
News
Why ADS-B?
From the US Federal Aviation Administration's perspective, automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast is meant to reduce dependence on ground-based secondary...
-
News
ITT’s NextGen backbone prepares for lifting
The first online network of automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast stations is about to begin tests. What will it bring?
-
News
Business - quote of the week
"The industry is facing its worst crisis ever and working together has never been so important" European Regions Airline Association director general...
-
News
Business - people
Seabury Aviation, Investec, Teamsters, Frontier Airlines Cox: MBE for Air League director Kingfisher Airlines' executive VP Ramki Sundaram is...