As part of its commitment to minimize the environmental impact of air travel, American Airlines, has partnered with Safran Landing Systems to upgrade its Boeing 737NG fleet from steel to carbon brakes, representing more than 300 aircraft currently in operation. Lighter than steel brakes, with up to 700 pounds (320 kg) of weight savings per […]
International News
Chapman Freeborn Announces New International ACMI Leasing Team
Chapman Freeborn, a global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, introduced their new international ACMI leasing team. ACMI, which stands for Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance, is an arrangement whereby an airline (the lessor) provides the ACMI services to the customer airline (the lessee). With almost 50 years’ experience in the air […]
Chapman Freeborn Appoints Andy Hudson as Regional CEO – APAC
Chapman Freeborn, the global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Andy Hudson as Regional CEO – APAC. Andy has been immersed in the aviation industry for over 21 years, and his first charter broker position was in 2006. He then moved to aviation aircraft acquisitions and aircraft management, which lead […]
GAMA Welcomes New Memberships
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced the additions of MD Helicopters as a Member; Archer, Overair and Volocopter as Associate Members, and Odys Aviation as an Associate Member EPIC. MD Helicopters is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, and was founded in 1947. They manufacture high-performance rotorcraft solutions that support operators flying military, commercial, law enforcement, […]
VPorts Inks Landmark Agreement to Create World’s First Advanced Air Mobility Integrator Center in Dubai
VPorts has announced a partnership with the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub (MBRAH) at Dubai South to establish the world’s first AAM integrator world center in Dubai. Set to establish Dubai and the UAE as a world-class global AAM hub, the ground-breaking project includes dedicated flight-testing airspace, […]
Eve Announces First Vertiport Operator Partner Bluenest by Globalvia, Showcasing its Growing Urban Air Traffic Management Customer Group
Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Bluenest, a company powered by Globalvia dedicated to innovation in advanced air mobility with a focus on vertiport infrastructure, to supply Eve’s Urban Air Traffic Management (UATM) software solution in support of future Vertiport Automation Systems. As part of the agreement, the companies […]
Eve Announces Agreement with Volatus Infrastructure to Support Vertiport Automation
Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Volatus Infrastructure, LLC, to supply a vertiport automation solution that will support traffic management of future electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. Eve’s Urban Air Traffic Management (“UATM”) software solution will be used to improve the capacity and efficiency of Volatus’ vertiports. […]
Final Boeing 747 Airplane Leaves Everett Factory
The last Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747 left the company’s widebody factory in advance of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. “For more than half a century, tens of thousands of dedicated Boeing employees have designed and built this magnificent airplane that has truly changed the world. We are proud that this plane will […]
Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads
By Charlton Haupt, Co-founder — Bad Astro Society For as long as we have gazed upward at the sky, people have dreamed of visiting the stars. At minimum, we want to fly, see the curvature of the earth and experience zero gravity, but the space tourism industry is still in its infancy. A short trip […]
EHang Holdings Limited Announces Appointment of Nick Ning Yang as New Independent Director
EHang Holdings Limited has announced that Mr. Nick Ning Yang has been appointed as a new director to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective December 5, 2022. The Board has reviewed and determined that Mr. Yang meets all the “independence” requirements under Rule 10A-3 of the United States Exchange Act of 1934 and […]
