Society Of Flight Test Engineers

Simple Flying | April 03, 2020

Thomas Cook Aviation has declared bankruptcy. The news came after its contracts with its sole customer, the German carrier Condor, were canceled. Around half a year ago the Thomas Cook Group collapsed into bankruptcy.You may have read the title of this story thinking ‘hang on, Thomas Cook declared bankruptcy last September?” Well, you would be correct, the Thomas Cook Group did collapse. However, despite the collapse of its parent company Thomas Cook Aviation continued operatio...

Boeing | October 19, 2020

A consistent theme in the airline industry right now is to minimize capital expenditures. This means pausing aircraft retrofits, airport improvements, aircraft purchases, and more. However, some airlines are going ahead and continuing some of these purchases. United Airlines is one of them, with plans to continue Boeing 787 retrofits. In August, United’s team decided to resume work on Polaris and Premium Plus retrofits to the Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 Dreamliner fleet. Before the crisi...

United Airlines | August 12, 2020

United Airlines is making a play for Florida this fall and winter, a bet that sun-seekers from northern states will become a bright spot for the carrier as it faces a bleak outlook for international and corporate travel because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Chicago-based airline said Wednesday that it plans to add up to 28 nonstop flights to the Sunshine State from northern cities to four Florida airports. Flights from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Boston and Cleveland to Florida cities...

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Boom Supersonic: | December 14, 2022

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, today announced Symphony, a new propulsion system designed and optimized for its Overture supersonic airliner. Boom also announced that it will be teaming with three industry leaders to develop Symphony including Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT) for engine design, GE Additive for additive technology design consulting, and StandardAero for maintenance. "Developing a supersonic engine specif...