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