Air TaxiCAAC Formally Adopts Special Conditions for EHang’s eVTOL The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) recently announced that the Special Conditions for Type Certification of EHang’s EH216-S aircraft have been formally adopted. EHang, developer of autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) products…
Air TaxiAstronics CEO Sees Commercial Aerospace Recovery, eVTOL Opportunities in 2022 Astronics reported a $7 million increase in aerospace segment sales in its full-year 2021 earnings report last week, and during an earnings call to discuss the results, CEO Peter Gundermann covered several…
CommercialPLAY CEO Talks A321 Fleet Strategy for Iceland’s New Low-Cost Transatlantic Airline Iceland’s newest low-cost airline, PLAY, has announced the addition of Orlando International Airport as its fourth U.S. market less than a year after beginning operations out of Reykjavik. Avionics International caught up…
ConnectivityHow Airlines Are Using In-Flight Connectivity for Passenger and Operational Applications ST Engineering iDirect and its partners are hosting a series of webinars focused on advanced mobility technology and its impact and importance to end user customers. As part of that series, which…
CommercialOPINION: Four Strategies to Help Airlines Manage and Mitigate Supply Risks While it may be an understatement to say that the airline industry is exposed to volatility, it is fair to say that the latter half of the last decade was a time…
Air TaxiNetJets Signs eVTOL Purchase Agreement with Lilium German electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer Lilium disclosed a purchase agreement with fractional aircraft operator NetJets during its fiscal year 2021 webcast held earlier this week. The memorandum of understanding…
CommercialEtihad is Bringing Jeppesen FliteDeck Advisor to Boeing 787 Fleet Etihad Airways is giving pilots of its Boeing 787 fleet a flight optimization tool, Jeppesen’s FliteDeck Advisor, that the Middle East carrier expects to help reduce fuel consumption on a per-flight basis.…
AI & AutonomyThe Air Force’s AETC Starts Research on eVTOL Pilot Training Requirements Last month, Detachment 62 of the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command (AETC) started a research program to define training requirements for piloting electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Joby…
Air TaxiNASA Collaboration Sets Out to Define the Future of Air Travel NASA is now seeking input from various stakeholders in the aviation community to establish a definition for the future of air travel. NASA aims to collaborate in defining what urban air mobility…
MilitaryCombat Mission Flight Test Demonstrates Manned-Unmanned Teaming Technology From BAE Systems In conjunction with the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office, defense and aerospace company BAE Systems performed a successful flight test demonstrating advanced manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) technology. The…