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…
AI & AutonomyWill Electric Air Taxis Fly Themselves? As electric air taxi vehicle developers progress towards certification and deployment the industry is starting to ask itself who will pilot these aircraft. Many companies are choosing to design piloted aircraft while…
ConnectivityAvionica CEO Talks Exiting GE Aviation Joint Venture In May 2018, Avionica established a joint venture with one of the most successful companies in the history of the aviation industry, GE Aviation, in an effort to take aircraft parts and…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - July 4, 2021 Check out the July 4 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.…
Electrification and SustainabilityAlaska Air Group CEO Details Path to Zero Emissions by 2040 Airlines have set ambitious emissions goals leaving the industry and its customers wondering how exactly they plan on making these statements a reality. Alaska Air Group GEO Ben Minicucci laid out a…
Air TaxiHow is Joby Preparing for a 2024 Launch of its Electric Air Taxi Joby Aviation wants to launch its electric air taxi in just three short years which could make it one of the first in the industry to do so. During a "Revolution.Aero" webinar…
CommercialGE Joins Airbus Digital Alliance to Expand Predictive Aircraft Maintenance Scope of Skywise GE Digital has become the newest member of the Aviation Digital Alliance, a partnership first established in 2019 to combine the aircraft systems expertise of the maintenance division of Delta Air Lines…