23/09/2024 news New IndiGo cadets for Skyborne A new 19-strong group of cadet pilots is to start their flying training at Skyborne’s Vero Beach facility, destined for IndiGo. The IndiGo Cadet...
09/09/2024 how to be a pilot easyJet pilots to start long-haul secondment to Virgin 20 easyJet pilots are to join Virgin Atlantic on a three-year secondment to fly long-haul with the airline. The exchange programme is due to start in ...
19/12/2023 news easyJet orders over 150 new Airbus aircraft In another sign of continued growth, easyJet has confirmed a firm order of 157 Airbus A320neo aircraft, plus 100 purchase rights This order includes b...
06/10/2022 news Airbus: Commercial aircraft services market to double in value by 2041 Airbus expects the airline services market to recover to pre pandemic levels in 2023 and to double in value over the next 20 years – from $95bn ...
16/06/2022 news First flight for 4,700nm range Airbus A321XLR A single-aisle ‘narrowbody’ aircraft based on a short-haul airframe capable of flying non-stop from London to Miami and with a max range o...
22/02/2022 news Airbus to flight test hydrogen burning jet engine Airbus and engine maker CFM International, a joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, are to collaborate on a hydrogen demonstrator that ...
26/11/2021 news Airbus forecasts 39,000 new passenger & freighter aircraft by 2040 Airbus says airlines and cargo operators will speed up the retirement of older, less fuel-efficient aircraft in favour of new aircraft over the next 20 years – and it expects the world to need 39,000 new-build passenger and freighter aircraft.
01/11/2021 news Airbus A319neo makes first flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel Airbus, Dassault Aviation, ONERA (French aerospace lab), the French Ministry of Transport and Safran have launched the first in-flight study of a sing...
21/10/2021 news Sustainable Aviation Fuel takes two big steps forwards Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is increasingly seen as a vital step forwards in achieving net zero carbon in aviation. The problem is that there’s ...
20/07/2021 news Airbus launches MATe cloud-based pilot training +VIDEO Airbus has launched the Mobile Airbus Training experience (MATe) Suite, a subscription-based service platform with a 3D interactive virtual cockpit environment for pilot recurrent and initial type training.
18/06/2021 news Airbus and Cathay Pacific cooperating on single-pilot long-haul ops Single-pilot ops have surfaced again in a report by Reuters news agency which says that Airbus and Cathay Pacific are working on introducing ‘reduce...
16/06/2021 news French firms to study flying with 100% sustainable aviation fuel French aviation companies Airbus, Safran, Dassault Aviation and ONERA, as well as the French Ministry of Transport, are jointly launching an in-flight...
