Editor's NoteThe First 100 Days: How Airlines Responded to the COVID-19 Crisis COVID-19 is one of the biggest challenges the airline industry has ever faced. Airlines have never before seen such a dramatic and sustained decline in air passenger demand. The industry has previously…
Commercial10 New Concepts, Technologies Developed to Address COVID-19 in Aviation Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic in March, companies across different segments of the aviation industry have introduced new concepts, initiatives, trials and technologies designed to help the aviation industry…
Air TaxiWhat the First Passenger Air Taxi Services Will Look Like The early days of passenger air taxi service are likely to be more conventional than one would expect from what has been hyped as a transportation revolution. The aircraft will, of course,…
CommercialAerospace Technology Institute Launches One-Year Study of Zero Emission Commercial Aircraft The UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) will lead a one-year project to study design challenges and potential for a zero-emission commercial aircraft, a part of the Jet Zero Council launched by Prime…
Air TaxiBringing Non-Cooperative Drone Traffic into UTM Solutions The drone industry and regulators agree that remote identification, once implemented, will be a key enabler of greater airspace integration — but not the full solution. In addition to terrain, localized weather…
Editor's NoteTech, VC Move Forward on Supersonics — Are They Economically Viable? Competition toward the next generation of supersonic aircraft continues to heat up, with a number of announcements in the past two weeks: Hermeus Corporation won a $1.5 million prototyping award from the…
ConnectivityLuxStream Business Jet Connectivity Speeds Confirmed in Flight Testing A recent test flight completed by Astronics Corp. its Ku-band tail-mounted antenna technology for the Collins Aerospace KuSAT-2000 SATCOM terminal’s ability to demonstrate previously proposed download speeds for the new LuxStream business…
Air TaxiWill New Hampshire's Landmark 'Flying Car' Bill Lay the Groundwork for Air Taxis? The state of New Hampshire recently passed first-in-the-nation legislation that allows flying cars on public roads and regulates their use. Hailed as a “stepping-stone towards more futuristic mobility solutions” by Keith Ammon,…