Aeronautics Fund

Alaska Airlines | June 23, 2020

June 23 and 24 only, Alaska Airlines is running its ‘Take-Care Fare’ flash sale, with one-way flights from select cities starting as low as $39, discovered SeattlePI. If you’ve been waiting for the right deal to come along that justifies going to visit your parents post-COVID-19, it has arrived. Alaska Airlines is bringing out some of the year’s best deals at a time when families and friends are looking to reconnect post-pandemic, and more Americans are again taking to th...

Smiths Detection | August 11, 2020

Smiths Detection today announced its collaboration with Philippines' Office for Transportation Security (OTS) and Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to boost passenger throughput and experience at terminals 1, 2, and 3 of the country's premier cosmopolitan airport, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). To achieve their goal, OTS partnered with MIAA in the acquisition of 12 HI-SCAN 6040 2is HR units, an advanced and dual-view X-ray detection system, capable of ident...

American Airlines | July 22, 2020

American Airlines has postponed its plans for a new terminal at its Dallas Fort Worth hub. The airline had announced the US$3 billion build last year with a planned 2025 opening date. However, times have changed. American Airlines has confirmed the new terminal build is paused indefinitely. On Tuesday, chief financial officer Christopher Poinsatte said the new terminal, referred to as Terminal F, was delayed. He did not specify a time frame, rather used the word “indefinitely”...

AIR TRANSPORT

Volocopter | October 14, 2021

Volocopter's heavy-lift electric drone VoloDrone made its first public flight today at the ITS 2021 World Congress . Together with international logistics leader DB Schenker, Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), demonstrated the seamless integration of VoloDrone into the supply chain with an end-to-end freight transport demonstration. The partners showed the significant progress they have made together since DB Schenker became a strategic investor of Volocopter in early...