Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council

Amazon Air | June 02, 2020

Amazon Air is one of the few airlines that has seen an uptick in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic as home orders for goods has increased from its namesake e-commerce website, leading analysts to debate how fast its fleet could grow through 2028. Amazon Air tells Cirium that by 2021 it “will have a portfolio of 70 aircraft flying in our dedicated air network”, on track with the goal it announced in 2019. The carrier, which began operating as Prime Air in 2016, has a fleet of 56 ai...

Huawei | September 27, 2021

At HUAWEI CONNECT 2021, Huawei launched its latest airport cloud solution that offers a wide range of outstanding features, such as single access, network for all services , multi-zone cloud and one-stop integrated security. This feature-rich solution enables the digital transformation of airports to increase operational efficiency, improve safety assurance and enhance the travel experience, paving the way for smart airports. Today's global civil aviation is undergoing rapid d...

WestJet | September 28, 2020

Canadian low-cost airline WestJet is excited to get the MAX back into service. While it sees the aircraft being allowed to fly in Q4 of 2020, it doesn’t expect to see it on its own schedules until probably next year. Nevertheless, Jeff Martin, Chief Operations Officer at WestJet, has said that the airline is ‘committed’ to the MAX and excited to see it in its fleet....

AVIATION TECHNOLOGY

Defense One | April 11, 2023

Space is always tight aboard a warship, so drone-maker Insitu has developed a smaller alternative to the trailer-sized slingshot and tower that currently launch and recover its Integrator drones. This week, the Boeing subsidiary took the wraps off its Flying Launch and Recovery System, or FLARS: a drone that launches and catches other drones. “In this case, we think and truly believe that this is going to offer a better performance and in high seas or high ship motion,&rdq...