Boeing spat with Canadian defence minister hurts fighter jet deal
A Boeing spat with Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan led to the American airplane maker abandoning an announcement about fighter jets it was hoping to...
MC-21-300 new Russian airliner maiden flight completed
MC-21-300, the new Russian commercial airliner, has completed its maiden flight at an airfield of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, Irkut Corporation announced today. Irkut...
British Airways could face multi-million pound compensation bill over IT meltdown
British Airways could face a multi-million pound compensation bill over the recent IT meltdown on Saturday that forced the airline to ground all flights...
Boeing, DARPA building unmanned hypersonic spaceplane “Phantom Express”
Boeing has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build an experimental unmanned hypersonic spaceplane called the Phantom Express.
The...
Aerospace robotics market expected to more than double to $4.54bn by 2022
A recent report suggests that the aerospace robotics market is expected to reach US$4.54 billion by 2022. Given that the market stood at US$1.81...
Blue Origin releases pictures of the interior of its New Shepard spaceship
Blue Origin has released the first interior photos of its New Shepard spaceship.
New Shepard is a suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by...
Is it time for the FAA to revisit the ban on supersonic transport over...
Is it time for the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to revise its ban on supersonic transport over the United States?
In 1973, the FAA...
Isle of Man-based virtual airline Citywing has gone into liquidation
Citywing, an Isle of Man-based virtual airline, has ceased trading and gone into liquidation.
Being a virtual airline, Citywing had no aircraft. Instead, the company...
British Airways reducing average legroom by 1 inch on some of its short-haul flights
British Airways is reducing average legroom by 1 inch per seat on some of the planes used for short-haul flights.
The airline is reportedly adding...
Alaska Air Group acquiring Virgin America Inc for $2.6 billion in cash
Alaska Air Group is acquiring Virgin America Inc for $2.6 billion (£1.8 billion) in cash as part of an effort to strengthen the airline...