Latest Commercial Aviation Content by Aviation Week & Space Technology
Jun 01, 2017
Developing and testing a new product in secret and then going public or the other way around. Which has a better chance of being successful?
May 31, 2017
Proposal: evaluate each defect noted by repair-station personnel and determine if any are unusual or unknown. If so, the defects are then cross-referenced against the FAA’s SDR-filling criteria for design-approval holders.
May 30, 2017
Thai Airways and its affiliate Nok Air intend to use new-generation aircraft to adjust their fleet to match their network strategies.
May 29, 2017
Phantom Express to demo reusable launch; NASA seeks funding for low-boom X-plane; Rocket Lab makes it to space, but not orbit; NASA develops design tools for eVTOLs
May 26, 2017
As a connecting partner, Juneyao adds 38 routes from Shanghai, including 33 in mainland China, that no Star carrier is flying.
May 26, 2017
Aviation Week’s evaluation pilot flies Airbus’s popular A321neo and finds a re-engined aircraft with more power, less fuel burn and emissions, and several system changes and refinements.
May 26, 2017
While the immediate financial outlook for the airline industry appears positive, experts warn of problems on the horizon.
May 26, 2017
U.S. authorities are asked to decide whether offering launch pricing to influential airlines years after an aircraft is launched is subsidy-enabled price dumping or just an extension of established industry practice.