Two former SpaceX engineers are proposing a two-stage electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for regional cargo and passenger flight, as well as for US military missions. Two former SpaceX engineers are proposing a two-stage electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for regional cargo and passenger flight, as well as for US military...Continue Reading

The head of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has taken the unusual step of criticising Iran’s conclusions into the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752.  The head of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has taken the unusual step of criticising Iran’s conclusions into the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight...Continue Reading

Air China has disclosed plans to acquire 18 Airbus A320neos from GECAS subsidiaray AFS Investments. Air China has disclosed plans to acquire 18 Airbus A320neos from GECAS subsidiaray AFS Investments. The deal, announced by the Star Alliance carrier in a stock market statement today, covers five A320neos and 13 A321neos. Source: Markus Mainka/Shutterstock Airbus will...Continue Reading

Judicial investigators carried out a simulation of the air defence system error which, according to an Iranian inquiry, led to the missile launch that destroyed a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 over Tehran. Two air defence units were placed at the same location as the one involved in the shootdown on 8 January last year,...Continue Reading

State-owned aerospace and defence company hits $4.18 billion in sales as it finishes 2020 firmly in the black. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today appeared to buck the crisis by reporting record revenues and net profits for 2020. It follows, what its chairman calls, “a 180-degree transformation” that began before the pandemic. Source: IAI The state-owned...Continue Reading