To coincide with the second anniversary of the Boeing 737 Max’s worldwide grounding, we assess the programme’s huge impact on the company’s finances and reputation, and the crucial importance of its safe return to service.
The aerospace industry’s glaring gender imbalance comes under the spotlight, as we look at efforts to increase female representation in the boardroom, cockpit, engineering workspace, and in leadership roles with airlines around the globe.
Elsewhere this issue, we fly Cessna’s flagship Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet, delve into the world of commercial aircraft salvage and storage, and review the wealth of choice available in the civil helicopter market.
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Despite decades of trying, the aviation and aerospace industry it is still searching for a winning formula on gender diversity.
We speak to Allison McKay, the chief executive of Women in Aviation International (WIA): the world’s largest special interest group for women interested in aviation and aerospace.
We fly Textron Aviation’s super-midsize flagship Cessna Citation Longitude.
Hundreds of aircraft are sitting in storage across the world, awaiting their fate. Will the rate of retirements pick up in 2021, and what actually happens to an airliner when it is parted out?
The continued high proportion of parked aircraft as a result of the global pandemic creates a range of issues for airlines and maintenance providers to ensure these aircraft remain airworthy and ready for a return to service.
Gulfstream aerodynamics engineer Cathy Downen leads the airframer’s certification team, and has the final say on what flies and what does not
The lighter side of Flight International
Your views about the aerospace industry and our reporting
Whether Ukraine should have closed upper airspace – saving flight MH17 – depended on its view of separatists’ capabilities.
Competence, not gender, should be the only factor to affect success, says Pilar Wolfsteller.
