Content Archive: December 2020

Aircraft

Airbus Unveils ‘Podded’ Engine Design for ZEROe Program

A new design featuring six eight-bladed pods mounted beneath the aircraft wing represents Airbus’s latest effort to “scale up” hydrogen-powered engines.
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Airlines

AirAsia India in Peril as IndiGo Boosts Market Share

Covid effects have led to talks between AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes and the Tata Group over the Malaysian group’s stake in AirAsia India.
Avionics

AEA Slides Annual Convention from March to June

Originally slated to take place starting on March 15, 2021, AEA's three-day annual convention is now scheduled for June 22-25 and will remain in Dallas.

Blade To Go Public Through Experience Acquisition

The acquisition by Experience is anticipated to result in $400 million in gross proceeds that Blade will use to expand markets and increase infrastructure.
Aircraft

With Products Refreshed, Bombardier To Focus on Mx

Eric Martel reiterated that the company is unlikely to introduce a new aircraft in the next five years but said it is well positioned with current lineup.
Aircraft

ATR Hands Over First New-built ATR 72-600F to FedEx

U.S. express transportation company FedEx will take delivery of 30 ATR 72-600Fs over the next five years and deploy them in Europe and the Americas.
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Aircraft

Ampaire’s Electric EEL Tests Prepare the Way For Greener Airliner Services

Ampaire’s Electric EEL Tests Prepare the Way For Greener Airliner Services
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Eurodrone Looks to Development and Production Contract

The four-nation program for a MALE UAV is awaiting a contract to launch the development and production of 60 air vehicles for service-entry in 2028.
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Argus: Bizav Ops Continue Declines in November

Business aviation operations were down 16.4 percent year-over-year in November, representing a flattening of recovery, according to Argus.
Aircraft

Top Analysts See Widening Airbus-Boeing Divide amid Covid

Teal Group vice president Richard Aboulafia and AeroDynamic Advisory director Kevin Michaels believe narrowbody trends favor Airbus.