United Airlines says that during the month of May it will exceed its pre-pandemic schedule to Latin America, 15 months after cutting service to the region as passenger demand plummeted amid the first wave of the coronavirus. United Airlines says that during the month of May it will exceed its pre-pandemic schedule to Latin America, 15 months after cutting service to the region as passenger demand plummeted amid the first...Continue Reading
A UK initiative to develop a retrofitable green propulsion system for the Britten-Noman BN-2 Islander has dramatically switched course, abandoning a previous drive towards hybrid-electric power in favour of hydrogen fuel cells. A UK initiative to develop a retrofitable green propulsion system for the Britten-Noman BN-2 Islander has dramatically switched course, abandoning a previous drive towards hybrid-electric power in favour of hydrogen fuel cells. Announced in November 2019, Project Fresson...Continue Reading
Urban air mobility developer Wisk will later this year kick off a trial programme in New Zealand that is eventually intended to involve passenger flights on the company’s autonomous electric aircraft, Cora. Urban air mobility developer Wisk will later this year begin a trial programme in New Zealand that is intended eventually to involve passenger flights on the company’s autonomous electric aircraft, Cora. Though Wisk says the trial programme will begin...Continue Reading
The US Army plans to grant Sikorsky a sole-source contract to integrate and qualify the Improved Turbine Engine on its UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopter, with work starting in fiscal year 2022. The US Army plans to grant Sikorsky a sole-source contract to integrate and qualify GE Aviation’s T901-GE-900 turboshaft in its UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters, with work starting in fiscal year 2022. Known as the Improved Turbine Engine, the 3,000hp (2,237kW) T901s will...Continue Reading
Air India is forecast to widen its full-year net loss to Rs97.8 billion ($1.35 billion), even as the Indian government reiterated its support for the long-drawn divestment of the national carrier. Air India is forecast to widen its full-year net loss to Rs97.8 billion ($1.35 billion), even as the Indian government reiterated its support for the long-drawn divestment of the national carrier. Civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri disclosed the...Continue Reading
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