Electrification and Sustainability Electric Cessna Grand Caravan in Development to Fly by 2024 A new partnership between Surf Air Mobility and Textron Aviation will aim to develop electrified Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft, with hybrid-electric versions of the plane…
Electrification and Sustainability Airlines Show Growing Interest in Electric and Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft Several major commercial airlines made headlines this week regarding new investments, partnerships, and ongoing studies of electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft. United Airlines and Icelandair signed…
Electrification and Sustainability Are 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…
Air Taxi Electric 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…
Connectivity SmartSky 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…
Commercial Boeing 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…