Tomal Sohorab is the Manager of Cargo solutions at Air Canada Cargo. On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we feature a presentation given by Tomal Sohorab, Manager of Cargo Solutions at Air Canada Cargo, during the latest installment of our live Connected Aviation Intelligence series that occurred Aug. 5. Sohorab gives an update…
Photo: Marco Menezes / shutterstock.com Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe aircraft lessor Griffin Global Asset Management has ordered five B737 MAX aircraft. Boeing did not reveal how much the order was worth or when the first of the aircraft will be delivered. Commenting on the order, Ryan McKenna, Founder and CEO of Griffin, said, “As…
SpaceShipTwo and the logo of VIRTUTE 1 mission. (Composite image made by The Aviationist using Mars Scientific/Clay Center Observatory photo) Next rocket-powered test flight of SpaceShipTwo Unity from Spaceport America, with three paying crew members from the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council will be the first commercial, human-tended research mission for Virgin…
Agility Prime is a program dedicated to demonstrating the U.S. Air Force’s commitment to the commercial success of electric air taxis. (U.S. Air Force) Tangram Flex, an Ohio software company, has been awarded a new Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract with the Air Force’s Agility Prime program that will be focusing on advancing the…
Elroy is hoping to have another of its full-capability pre-production Caparral aircraft built by the end of the year and will use it to validate subsystem and software. (Elroy Air) The logistics industry is seeing a big opportunity in the future use of drones within their operations. While some companies are targeting last-mile deliveries from…
Photo: Tobias Arhelger / shutterstock.com Reading Time: < 1 minuteRyanair has recently announced 14 new routes from London, which will create 500 new jobs in the city’s airports. Half of the routes will start from London Stansted Airport – the airline’s largest hub. They are the following: Helsinki, Finland, Oradea, Romania, Stockholm, Sweden, Tampere, Finland,…
Panasonic Avionics is introducing new in-flight connectivity bundles, switching to a fixed-rate model associated with how they charge airlines for IFC service. (Panasonic Avionics) Panasonic Avionics has introduced a series of new “connectivity bundles” designed to help optimize the way commercial airlines pay for the data and bandwidth necessary to deliver in-flight internet services to…
HyPoint and Piasecki Aircraft have formed a new partnership to develop a hydrogen fuel cell system for eVTOL aircraft (Piasecki) With aircraft emissions and sustainability becoming a leading concern in the industry, the development of electric aircraft, like electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has accelerated. However, most of these aircraft are depending on…
Photo: shutterstock.com Reading Time: < 1 minuteIberia has joined other airlines in transferring Afghan refugees and has already moved 84 Afghan citizens to a reception centre in Spain. “On August 25, the airline made a special flight with an Airbus A321 between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Torrejón to bring 39 people to Spain who had…
The 2021 Boeing ecodemonstrator program, a modified Alaska Airlines 737-9, will fly with end-to-end IP-based satellite connectivity for pilot-to-controller data link communications. (Inmarsat) The heavily modified Alaska Airlines 737-9 being operated by Boeing for its 2021 ecoDemonstrator program will provide the opportunity for Inmarsat to evaluate the use of Internet Protocol Suite (IPS)-based satellite data…
Photo: Chris Jilli Reading Time: < 1 minuteBoeing 737 MAX returns to service in India after 2.5 years of grounding. The DGCA regulator has rescinded its grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX order, first published on March 13th, 2019. Like other aviation authorities, India requests the changes to be completed on individual aircraft before getting…
Lilium’s eVTOL jet will be able to travel 186 miles on a one-hour charge. (Lilium) Electric air taxis are aiming to fill a gap in the current mobility network with flexibility similar to cars combined with the time savings of air travel. However, unlike a car, air taxis won’t be able to depart and arrive…