Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced its intention to freeze development on Japan’s first regional passenger aircraft in decades, the SpaceJet, for the foreseeable future. It comes after the company sunk over US$9.55 billion and 12 years into the development of Japan’s newest homegrown passenger aircraft, the first of its kind in decades. Japan’s biggest aerospace
Pre-owned corporate aircraft transactions have seen a major spike, now nearing 2019 levels, as cashed-up travellers pay to avoid commercial flights amid the global pandemic, according to an aircraft brokerage. The trend has now begun to drive up demand for new private aircraft, according to lawyers and brokers dealing with such matters, as older models
US retail multinational Walmart has launched a pilot program this week that will see its first deliveries made by drones in Fayetteville, North Carolina. According to the retailer, it will begin delivering “select grocery and household essential items” by drone in the local area using automated drones, operated by Israeli start-up company Flytrex. Flytex received
Aviation training and simulator manufacturing companies are reporting a welcome uptick in demand following the COVID-19 downturn, citing a renewed shift towards cargo operations and the upcoming recertification of Boeing’s 737 MAX as reasons for the change. Simulator makers had expected a rush on orders when Boeing announced its recommendation for specific pilot training on
Global airline logistics company Menzies Aviation has announced over 300 workers in Scotland have been put on notice for imminent redundancy, including more than half of their workforce servicing Glasgow Airport.
An Antonov AN-26 freighter turboprop skidded off the runway at the Renk Airport in South Sudan, located far north in the Upper Nile state.
