by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 11, 2021 | Flight, Technology
United Airlines has launched a new, corporate venture fund – United Airlines Ventures – that will allow the airline to continue investing in emerging companies that have the potential to influence the future of travel. The new fund will concentrate on sustainability...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 11, 2021 | Flight, Technology
easyJet’s partner Wright Electric has revealed the latest milestone in its engine development programme which is working towards the development and certification of the first commercially viable, zero-emissions single-aisle aircraft. Wright has now demonstrated the...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 3, 2021 | Flight, Technology
United Airlines has announced a commercial agreement with Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic to add aircraft to its global fleet as well as a cooperative sustainability initiative – a move that Boom describes as facilitating a “leap forward in returning...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Sep 21, 2020 | Flight, Technology
Airbus has revealed three concepts for the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft which could enter service by 2035. These concepts each represent a different approach to achieving zero-emission flight, exploring various technology pathways and aerodynamic...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 12, 2020 | Flight, Technology
The aviation revolution will not be live, instead it will electrified – at least that’s what that’s what Marc Ausman of aircraft pioneers Airflow.aero thinks. According to the aerospace expert we are now standing at the third stage of the aviation revolution. The...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | May 20, 2020 | Flight
May 2020 marks the Diamond Anniversary of the first test flight of the last airworthy Vulcan bomber. XH558, famous for being the last Vulcan to fly (and the last all-British four-engined jet to fly), took her first test flight on May 25, 1960, exactly 14 months after...
