Logistics specialist DHL Express is to introduce a pair of Airbus A321 freighters, to be operated by wet-lease capacity provider SmartLynx Malta. SmartLynx Malta had emerged last year as a customer for A321 freighters from Vallair as it sought to enter the cargo aircraft market. The company has reached a partnership agreement to take the...Continue Reading

Qantas expects to gradually resume regular international passenger flights by the end of October — about four months later than it had previously projected.  Qantas expects to gradually resume regular international passenger flights by the end of October — about four months later than it had previously projected.  The Australian carrier states that the new...Continue Reading

Qantas swung to an underlying loss before tax of A$1.03 billion for the six months ended 31 December 2020, as the carrier continued to suffer from the collapse in air traffic amid the coronavirus pandemic. Qantas swung to an underlying loss before tax of A$1.03 billion for the six months ended 31 December 2020, as the...Continue Reading

The company believes the S-64F+ could free the service’s fleet of Boeing CH-47 and Sikorsky CH-53 heavy lift helicopters by performing training and logistics operations. Erickson is pitching the US Army on an autonomous variant of its heavy lift Air Crane helicopter, the S-64F+. The company believes the S-64F+ could free the service’s fleet of...Continue Reading

Pratt & Whitney will perform the PW4000 thermal acoustic imaging (TAI) inspections required under the Federal Aviation Administration’s recent emergency airworthiness directive (AD). Pratt & Whitney will perform the PW4000 thermal acoustic imaging (TAI) inspections required under the Federal Aviation Administration’s recent emergency airworthiness directive (AD). “The process requires the shipment of fan blades to...Continue Reading

The Covid-19 pandemic definitely hit commercial aerospace harder than other aviation segments, though the fallout on private and business aviation was not insignificant. The Covid-19 pandemic definitely hit commercial aerospace harder than other aviation segments, though the fallout on private and business aviation was not insignificant. In 2020, deliveries of private and business fixed-wing aircraft...Continue Reading

The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring US operators to immediately conduct thermal-imaging inspections of fan blades on certain Pratt & Whitney engines after the recent PW4077 failure on a United Airlines flight. The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring US operators to immediately conduct thermal-imaging inspections of fan blades on certain Pratt & Whitney engines after...Continue Reading

Chinese urban air mobility start-up EHang has completed cold-weather test flights of its two-seater EH216 autonomous aerial vehicle over Beijing, as it embarks on a production capacity expansion. Chinese urban air mobility start-up EHang has completed cold-weather test flights of its two-seater EH216 autonomous aerial vehicle over Beijing, as it embarks on a production capacity...Continue Reading

The US Air Force Research Laboratory is anticipating delivery later this month of the first major assembly of its Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator weapon. The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is anticipating delivery later this month of the first major assembly of its Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) weapon. SHiELD is an...Continue Reading

The company is under pressure to deliver improvements to the aircraft’s reliability and operating costs as the jet’s leading customer, the US Air Force, considers cheaper alternatives such as the Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter or a clean-sheet 4.5-generation combat aircraft. Lockheed Martin is confident the F-35 stealth fighter’s operating cost will be cut to $25,000...Continue Reading