Ask the Editors

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: The TSA and Homeland Security should be mandating such checks and tests.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Ask the Editors: There’s a way to go before propulsion electrification, but the type certification of aircraft begins to lay the bricks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Ask the Editors: A recent round-table highlighted the future of combat offerings from a number of countries. Who else is on the radar?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: Expanding preflight testing and contact tracing would boost passenger confidence in air travel safety.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: The A380’s competitive disadvantage is that airlines need a very high passenger load factor to make the economics work.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick, Tony Osborne
Ask the Editors: The latest work on tiltrotors focuses on reducing cost and minimizing compromises between vertical and forward flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Airbus and Boeing are trying to protect customer commitments, but airlines and lessors would like o defer or even cancel their narrowbody deliveries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: COVID-19 poses more risk for travelers in shops, restaurants or taxis than in commercial airliners.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Ask the Editors: Hydrogen propulsion offers a significant opportunity to reduce carbon emissions, but major challenges lie ahead.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: The pause on the Airbus A220-500 development will be short-lived because of the growing demand for bigger narrowbodies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: OEMs have shifted away from the underlying architectures of automobiles. Is a similar sea change in aviation due?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Ask the Editors: The French government and France’s Big Four aerospace manufacturers partner up to infuse ailing suppliers with capital.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: Airports are revamping their check-in process to create a safer, contactless environment for travelers.
Airports & Networks

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: Industry consolidation and growing automation and digitization will exacerbate pandemic-related layoffs.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio
Ask the Editors: Aviation Week data shows the U.S. military operates about three times as many manned aircraft as the Chinese military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Boeing’s narrowbody share has dipped due to the MAX grounding; some advanced technologies could help it move the needle.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio
Ask the Editors: As Congress plans to open up radio spectrum, a question remains over the protection of the GPS frequency band.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: After pandemic-related financial woes, a scrapped Embraer deal and hefty layoffs, Boeing will require years to recover.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Airbus is focusing on extending the A220’s longer routes while Embraer struggles with bundling and pricing for the E2.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: Airlines may be concerned about crowding in cabin aisles, but adopting ICAO’s guidelines would be the best practice.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Ask the Editors: Whatever Bell does, it may have trouble making any serious dent in the AW139’s market lead.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Ask the Editors: Composite use is growing as a percentage of weight for manufacturers. Repair and recycling knowledge also are improving.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Bradley Perrett
Ask the Editors: The best way to understand the fate of the SpaceJet is to look to the parent company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Ask the Editors: The resumption of airline traffic will drive demand for parts. We are already seeing signs that airlines in China and the U.S. are starting to add flights.
MRO

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Emirates is highly dependent on the A380, and how fast it returns depends on how quickly the long-haul market rebounds.
Airlines & Lessors