Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
SpaceX and the state of Louisiana have announced plans for a high-cadence Starship spaceport in Vermilion Parish, designed for thousands of launches a year with ten launch pads, onsite methane production, power generation, deep-water shipping and an airport. Civil work is expected to begin in 2027, with first launch as soon as 2029. A SITE […]
Archer Aviation and AEG have announced an exclusive multi-year collaboration to develop a vertiport at L.A. LIVE, the four-million-square-foot entertainment district adjacent to Crypto.com Arena. It would be the first vertiport announced in downtown Los Angeles, in a zone hosting 18 Olympic and Paralympic sports. AN ANCHOR SITE IN THE ZONE WHERE THE GAMES CONCENTRATE
Aeromexico intends to fit SURF-A across its entire Boeing 737 NG and 737 MAX fleet, making it an early adopter of a cockpit alerting system that warns crews when another aircraft is on, entering or crossing the runway they are using. Honeywell expects certification on the 757, 737 NG and 737 MAX by the end
EASA issued two airworthiness directives on 24 August. One imposes immediate dispatch restrictions on 108 Airbus A350-1041s over a lightning protection non-compliance that could create an ignition source in an empty fuel tank. The other requires repetitive inspection of tail gear boxes across the Leonardo A109 family after reports of darkening oil. The procedural routes
Airlink will launch the first ever scheduled service between Gqeberha and Mbombela’s Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport on 16 November, operating three times weekly with a 44-seat Embraer ERJ140. Days earlier the airline staged a two-aircraft formation flyby over Ellis Park in green and black liveries ahead of the Springboks–All Blacks series. A ROUTE DEFINED BY
Qatar Airways has completed Starlink installation across its Boeing 787-8 sub-fleet in seven months and has become the first airline globally to operate Starlink-equipped 787-9s, taking its total equipped widebody fleet to 150 aircraft with the full 787 programme due for completion by the end of 2026. THREE FLEET TYPES, THREE PROGRAMMES, ONE SEQUENCE
United and CAE have completed the first phase of expansion at the airline’s Flight Training Center in Denver, adding 40 devices since 2022 to reach 86 in total across nearly 700,000 square feet. A second phase on newly rezoned land near Denver International Airport is expected to break ground in 2027 and be operational around
Emirates has released a behind-the-scenes account of the Aircrafted Arsenal Crest, a 2.4-metre illuminated sculpture built entirely in-house by Emirates Engineering from upcycled aircraft components (including cargo tracks, floor panels and roller elements) and flown to London by Emirates SkyCargo in a purpose-built crate. AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BUILDING SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT FLY Emirates
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has led a delegation of state executives and Ibom Air management to the pre-delivery inspection of the airline’s third Airbus A220-300 at Mirabel, Canada. The aircraft is the second delivered under a firm order for ten A220s placed in 2021 and will bring the carrier’s fleet to ten
The EA-18G Growler made its first flight from St. Louis on 15 August 2006. Two decades on it remains the United States Navy’s principal airborne electronic attack aircraft, and is undergoing modification for Next Generation Jamming at a moment when several nations are researching uncrewed alternatives for part of the same mission. A REQUIREMENT RATHER
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