Vertical Aerospace, a UK aerospace company founded in 2016 by Stephen Fitzpatrick to design and build zero-emission electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs), has announced a significant investment in the UK with the opening of the Vertical Energy Centre (VEC) in Bristol. This new 15,000 ft facility will produce advanced technology electric batteries for […]
Italy’s national airline is the second European carrier to join Inmarsat’s IRIS program. Starting in Summer 2023, ITA Airways’ entire fleet will operate digitally connected flights to and from Italy using the innovative datalink technology developed with the European Space Agency (ESA). Inmarsat (International Maritime Satellite Organization) is a British company founded in 1979 that […]
A few days ago, in the Milan area, blood samples to be analyzed were transported by drone. D-Flight – a company of the ENAV Group (and a subsidiary of Leonardo), Telespazio (which provides services for drone traffic management) and ENAC (Italy’s National Civil Aviation Authority) carried out a series of flights with a specially equipped […]
Helsinki-based Finnair, a member of the Oneworld alliance published documents relating to 2022 relating to the Financial Information Report, the Corporate Governance Statement and the Remuneration Report for 2022. Analyzing the three reports, it can be seen that in 2022, Finnair’s business continued to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, while at the same time dealing […]
A new Zero Emissions Aviation Consortium was recently launched in New Zealand to help the country become a pioneer in the commercial use of environmentally friendly hydrogen-powered aircraft. Although hydrogen is a difficult gas to handle, it has a high energy density. It must be remembered that on Earth hydrogen is mainly found in combined […]
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, known simply as ‘Norwegian,’ a Norwegian low-cost airline that operates both domestically and internationally, began 2023 with a strong sales campaign, carrying around 1.1 million (1,131,474) passengers and also recording an increase in load factor. January is generally the month of the year when people travel the least, but compared to […]
On 23 January 2023, Ryanair installed Split Scimitar Winglets on the first of more than 400 new-generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft in its fleet in order to reduce its carbon footprint. The Split Scimitar Winglets, jointly developed with Boeing, can reduce aerodynamic drag by up to 2%. This retrofit comes after signing a $175 million deal […]
Recently, Etihad Airways — the Abu Dhabi-based airline of the United Arab Emirates — received the ‘Green Industries’ eco-label from the Emirates capital’s environment agency. In addition, Etihad Airways and SATAVIA recently signed a multi-year commercial agreement for the management of contrails within their daily flight operations. The contract was signed by Mariam Al Qubaisi, […]
An ATR 72-500 belonging to Nepal’s Yeti Airlines with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, January 15. The aircraft was flying from Nepal’s capital Kathmandu to Pokhara in central Nepal. Unfortunately, of the sixty-eight passengers and four crew members, there would be no survivors. January 15 is a national holiday in Nepal, […]
As of Jan. 1, Brussels Airport became the first Belgian airport to be fully supplied with kerosene through the NATO pipeline. The NATO Pipeline System (NPS or CEPS – Central Europe Pipeline System) was created during the Cold War to supply NATO forces with fuel and to meet the needs demanded by the Western security […]
