by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Editorial Comment, Space, Technology
Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, has successfully completed a flight test campaign in the US, clearing the way for an attempt later this year to set a new aviation world altitude record for...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Sustainability
Qantas has unveiled prototypes of the First and Business cabins on the A350 aircraft for ‘Project Sunrise’ that will fly passengers non-stop from Australia to New York and London from late 2025. A virtual reality fly through of the aircraft cabin has also been...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight
Xiamen Airlines flew its first flight on Airbus A321neo on February 11. To celebrate the inaugural flight, the airline held a themed event where passengers were met with celebratory activities at the terminal at Xiamen Gaoqi Airport. The check-in counters were also...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Space, Technology
A second Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 geostationary telecommunications satellite (I-6 F2) has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The satellite was carried across the Atlantic Ocean on an Airbus Beluga ahead of it being launched in February 2023, the French...
