Collection of COVID-19 articles with aviation angles AIRLINES, AIRPORTS, BUSINESS & GENERAL AVIATION, MANUFACTURERS and ET CETERA A POTPOURRI OF INFORMATION In these difficult times, the COVID-19 news is overwhelming and it is useful…
AINsight: Future of Aviation Safety and Tech Kipp Lau has done a marvelous job of synthesizing Airbus’ impressive study of 60 years of flying. His article, quoted below, highlights the report’s major finding. The underlying…
New Jets Threaten Airbus and Boeing Duopoly China, Japan and Russia developing new commercial airliners First aircraft design is not that easy Comac and Sukhoi planes are having problems; Mitsubishi needs some pax amenities This…
Research examines Safety Culture evolution over time Results provide Lessons Perspectives of Unique Case Studies are informative The Flight Safety Foundation, an independent, international, and impartial non-profit that exists to champion the cause of aviation…
History hour: 50 years ago, the maiden flight of the Concorde A380 cancellation might cost Germany €600 million German gov’t: In talks with Airbus about 600 mln euros in A380 loans German taxpayers may lose…
Airbus and Layer create new Passenger Seat Could be an answer to the COMPLAINTS? Could obviate Congressionally mandated Minimums Existing FAA performance-based standards could suffice Oh, if Congress knew, it appears that technology and competition…
Airbus veteran steps up to head EU’s CleanSky research programme Axel Krein takes charge of €4B public-private partnership for clean aviation, at a time when its future EU funding is up in the air New…
Six weird and wonderful ideas Airbus have patented – and what happened to them Innovation is the life of Aerospace Airbus has filed a lot of Patents Scorecard of these new ideas The Aerospace Industry…