CommercialRyanair Hiring Thousands of Engineers, Pilots and Cabin Crew to Support 737 Fleet Growth Ryanair plans to add up to 6,000 new employees to its global workforce within the next five years to support a massive Boeing 737 MAX fleet expansion, according to comments made by…
AI & AutonomyElroy Air Debuts the Chaparral, an Autonomous VTOL Cargo Aircraft Elroy Air revealed its pre-production vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft last week, the Chaparral—the first end-to-end autonomous VTOL aerial cargo system. It is capable of picking up cargo weighing up to…
CommercialBoeing Secures Qatar Airways as Launch Customer of New 777-8 Freighter Qatar Airways has become the launch customer for Boeing’s new 777-8 Freighter, the air cargo variant of the 777X passenger jet that the Middle East carrier is also launching, with an expected…
Electrification and SustainabilityClean Sky 2 Airbus C295 Technology Demonstrator Completes First Flight The Airbus C295 Flight Test Bed 2 (FTB2), as part of the Clean Sky 2 program, completed its maiden flight successfully, taking off from Seville, Spain. Modifications to the aircraft aim to…
Air TaxiScaling Up to Advanced Air Mobility The Scaling Up to AAM discussion during the eVTOL Symposium at TVF2022 started with a presentation by Paul Stith, Associate Vice President, Global Transportation Initiatives – Growth Accelerator at Black & Veatch.…
Air TaxiTransformative Vertical Flight 2022: Opening Words from NASA, FAA, and USAF This week, the Transformative Vertical Flight 2022 event is taking place for in-person attendees in San Jose, California, as well as for virtual attendees. The 9th annual eVTOL Symposium includes presentations from…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Finishes 2021 With Strong Fourth Quarter Lockheed Martin on Tuesday reported strong fourth quarter financial results, ending a challenging 2021 on a high note, although the company continues to project a drop in sales in 2022. Net income in…
CommercialFAA Requires Boeing 747-8, 777 Flight Manual Changes to Address 5G C-Band Radio Altimeter Interference The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) on Jan. 25 requiring airplane flight manual (AFM) changes for Boeing 747-8, 747-8F and 777 after determining that the radio altimeters…
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