Hong Kong immigration authorities have agreed to renew the visas of Cathay Pacific’s expat pilots currently based in Hong Kong, however will not provide the same for the airline’s foreign cabin crew. The decision is likely to see Cathay’s expat cabin crew forced to leave their jobs, a fact that the airline expressed regret over
Cathay Pacific is reportedly working with Airbus in order to certify “reduced crew” single-pilot operations at high-altitude cruise for long-haul flights on the Airbus A350. Under a program named Project Connect, the airline is working with the planemaker to certify the A350 for single-pilot operations in certain circumstances from as soon as 2025, in a
Lawmakers in the US and European Union have finally marked an end to their near 17-year long conflict over aircraft subsidies, and introduced a 5-year suspension of Trump-era import tariffs exacerbated tensions. The conflict began in 2004 when the US accused the EU of providing unfair subsidies to European planemaker Airbus, which soon saw the
European planemaker Airbus has confirmed that it is actively looking into the possibility of developing a freighter variant of its wide-bodied A350 aircraft, as it attempts to break into the Boeing-dominated cargo market. Following months of speculation, Airbus chief commercial officer Christian Scherer confirmed that Airbus is in active discussions with customers who have expressed interest
California-based start-up Archer Aviation has unveiled its newest ‘air taxi’ named Maker, a demonstrator version of its future full-sized electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Maker was unveiled at a hybrid live and live-streamed event in Los Angeles on Thursday evening, and included an XR digitally immersive simulation of what the experience of flying
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has successfully completed its seventh successful flight on the Red Planet entirely as planned, following an in-flight technical glitch that occurred on its sixth attempt last month, according to the space agency. The Ingenuity rotorcraft took off at roughly 12:34 local solar time (11:54am EDT), where it flew a total of
