Latest Commercial Aviation Content by Aviation Week & Space Technology
Aug 29, 2016
Stronger nanotube-stitched carbon fiber; disintegrating parachute for vanishing delivery drone; Leonardo to fly active rotors; Flirtey to deliver Domino’s pizza; the FLYP UAV, Russia’s flying tractor?
Aug 26, 2016
Aviation Week presents presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with a list of aerospace technologies they should champion if elected, to keep the U.S. ahead of its adversaries and competitors.
Aug 26, 2016
A full stall in a commercial jetliner is an encounter few pilots have had the pleasure or pain of experiencing, but one that all U.S. airline pilots will come to know in a few short years.
Aug 26, 2016
Boeing’s goal was to maintain maximum commonality between the 737NG and the 737 MAX, in part to retain common type ratings between the two and minimal “differences training” for pilots.
Aug 25, 2016
According to data from Aviation Week’s latest survey of A&D young professionals, money talks.
Aug 25, 2016
While very few are profitable yet, the financial situation of Thai-based airlines is generally improving, allowing them to expand to meet growing demand.
Aug 24, 2016
While A380 production has slowed, it remains somewhat unclear how this will impact the MRO segment, with some of the aircraft now reaching the age for their first heavy D-checks.
Aug 24, 2016
Orbis International is planning to take its “new” Boeing MD-10 Flying Eye hospital on its inaugural work trip next month, a back-to-the-future mission to China, the inaugural destination for the first Orbis flying eye hospital, a DC-8, back in 1982.