Electrification and SustainabilityAre EU Green Deal Aviation Targets Attainable? The European Commission adopted a sweeping set of climate proposals aimed at reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 that will significantly impact the aviation industry. While…
Air TaxiElectric Air Taxi Companies Want to be Included in Infrastructure Bill Air taxi companies are calling on Congress to include eligibility for electric aircraft charging infrastructure in the bipartisan infrastructure bill currently being negotiated by Congress and the White House. In a July…
ConnectivitySmartSky Moves Closer to Launch of New IFC Network with FCC Certification SmartSky Networks has received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification on the ground-based remote radiohead for its next-generation in-flight connectivity (IFC) air-to-ground network. FCC certification is the latest milestone achieved for SmartSky on…
CommercialBoeing Lowers 787 Production Rate to Address New Manufacturing Flaw Boeing is temporarily lowering the production rate for its 787 Dreamliner and halting deliveries of its flagship wide-body jet to address a newly discovered manufacturing issue. The new issues involve small gaps…
Air TaxiNew Partnership Between Joby, JetBlue and Signature Aims to Create Credits for Clean Flight Technology Joby Aviation, JetBlue Airways, and Signature Flight Support are teaming up to create a new pathway to clean aviation by developing a system of aviation credits for using electric and hydrogen propulsion…
CommercialNew Eurocontrol Data Shows Airlines Increasingly Becoming Targets for Cyber Attacks Commercial airlines accounted for 61 percent of all detected aviation-related cyber-attacks in 2020, according to new data collected by Eurocontrol analyzing rising levels of risk for the industry from criminals, hackers and…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - July 11, 2021 Check out the July 11 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
Air Taxi14 New Partners Added to NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility Project NASA has added 13 new companies and one university as partners on its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project that is researching the integration of air taxis and drones into the national airspace,…
Air TaxiAir Taxi Manufacturers Need to Start Thinking About Pilot Training Now There is a consensus in the electric air taxi industry that the first aircraft to emerge in the commercial world will not be autonomous. This begs the question, who will fly them,…
Air TaxiVolocopter Receives Prerequisite Approval from EASA to Begin eVTOL Aircraft Production Volocopter, the German air taxi and drone manufacturer, received a Production Organization Approval (POA) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the prerequisite to beginning production of its electric vertical takeoff…