Emirates begin construction on $5bn MRO facility
Emirates have begun construction on a high-tech US$5.1 billion MRO facility in Dubai South. Totalling 1.1 million square metres, once complete the building will be one of the world's largest by volume, as well as the largest steel structure in the Gulf. China Railway...
Microsensors detect ice build-up on aircraft wings in real time
A new microsensor developed by a startup at the University of Surrey can detect ice build-up on an aircraft's wings in real time. Surrey Sensors say their 3cm-long sensors will help pilots understand what's happening to their wings during a flight and ultimately make...
United, Pegasus invest in AI startup for simplified airline operations
United Ventures and Pegasus Innovation Lab are among the investors contributing to a US$1.5 million fundraising round for startup Overwatch AI. Baobab Ventures and Masia also backed the company, which was founded by former pilot Leo Kotil alongside Nikita Kaeshko. The startup aims to make it easier for airline crew and operations staff to access critical information. Currently fragmented across different systems, Overwatch are building a...
LATEST POSTS
Soji AI and Active Partners collaborate on AI for MRO records
Singaporean software developers Soji AI have announced a new collaboration with Active Partners to advance AI use in MRO record keeping. Under the partnership, the parties will explore how technology can optimise the delivery and inspection of aircraft and engines....
Heroes don’t scale: Why the airline OCC is quietly becoming a trading floor
The disruption environment changed underneath the people we trained to absorb it. The job description has quietly moved from fire station to portfolio management — and most operations are still running on the old manual. By Joshua Goring, Chief Commercial Officer,...
Japan’s first vertiport consortium targets operations by 2028
A new vertiport consortium led by eVOL developers SkyDrive hopes to make commercial air taxi services a reality in Japan. With partners including Osaka Metro Company, Soracle, and Marubeni Corporation, SkyDrive plan to launch their aircraft in the Kansai prefecture...
Alaska Airlines to train pilots with Boeing’s Virtual Airplane
Alaska Airlines have signed a formal license agreement for the Boeing Virtual Airplane, a training solution designed to accelerate pilot readiness. Alaska Airlines helped develop the tool, which is device-agnostic and lets pilots practice procedures within the...
First look at the agenda for Aerospace Tech Week 2026
Aerospace Tech Week (ATW) have unveiled the agenda for the next edition of the event, taking place in November. This year the conference will be held in London for the first time, bringing together innovators across the industry while highlighting the UK's dynamic...
New Zealand to carry out civil aviation overhaul
The New Zealand government is enacting a wide-ranging series of reforms to modernise its civil aviation infrastructure. 23 projects are preparing to take off, with the South Pacific country claiming 20 years of changes will be made in two years. These include...
NEWS
Joby execute first point-to-point eVTOL flight in New York City
Joby Aviation have conducted the first ever point-to-point eVTOL flight across the New York City skyline in a demonstration of how an air taxi network could operate across the US's most populous urban area. During the test flight, Joby's N545JX aircraft took off from...
New facility converts used plastic into sustainable aviation fuel
Now operational in Kent, UK, Clean Planet Technologies has opened a facility that can convert used plastics into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The first plant of its kind in the world, the process takes waste that cannot be recycled and turns it into fuel,...
Pratt & Whitney to invest $100m in engine MRO
Engine manufacturers Pratt & Whitney have revealed they are investing more than US$100 million across three maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sites in a bid to reduce delays. Geared Turbofan (GTF) engines are the main targets for improving capacity....
Reliable Robotics raise $160m for autonomous flight development
US-based aerospace developers Reliable Robotics have closed a US$160 million funding round to accelerate their autonomous aircraft systems. The Reliable Autonomy System (RAS) aims to improve the safety of aviation while being fully integrable with existing...
Cirium review ranks world’s most carbon-efficient airlines
Aviation data experts Cirium have published their EmeraldSky Annual Review, ranking the world's airlines on their carbon efficiency in 2025. The list is decided based on CO₂ per available seat kilometres (ASK). Ousting Wizz Air from the number one spot are Scoot, the...
IndiGo invest in eVTOL startup Sarla Aviation through Ventures arm
IndiGo have invested in Sarla Aviation, a startup based in Bengaluru developing eVTOL air taxis. New data from India's Registrar of Companies shows the airline made the investment through IndiGo Ventures, their US$52 million innovation funding arm established in June...
VIDEOS
Inside IAG’s sustainability journey with Jonathon Counsell
Boasting more than 600 aircraft that fly to over 250 destinations, the International Airlines Group (IAG) manages some of Europe's best-known airlines, including British Airways, Iberia, and Vueling. But how can the group manage an effective sustainability strategy...
Juan Valverde on advancing virtual testing and certification
In the race to get new solutions to the market, virtual testing provides critical insights on product development to make aviation as advanced as possible. MathWorks is one company leading the charge in simulation, computing, and engineering platforms that can detect...
Digital twins to VR: How Lufthansa Aviation Training uses tech to develop talent
A report from CAE predicts that the civil aviation industry will need 1.465 million additional professionals by 2034 to meet passenger demand. Training and upskilling is therefore of the highest priority if airlines and airports want to increase their capacity safely....
How can aerospace CIOs leverage data effectively?
From predictive analytics to enhanced scheduling, the aerospace industry now collect more data then ever. But how can Chief Information Officers (CIOs) across the industry leverage that data effectively? At Aerospace Tech Week 2025, we tapped the expertise of Lauren...
How will tech transform aviation operations and fleet maintenance?
Artificial intelligence (AI) for aviation is forecast to be a $4.96 billion by 2030 — and infrastructure is set to be the largest solution segment. At Aerospace Tech Week 2025, we sat down with Tahsin Istanbullu, Executive Vice President - Technical at Pegasus...
Richard Jaenicke on AI, Safety & the Future of Avionics Systems
As the aviation industry undergoes a digital transformation, AI and multi-core processing are no longer distant concepts - they're taking off. At Aerospace Tech Week, we spoke with Richard Richard Jaenicke, Director of Marketing at Green Hills Software, about the...
INNOVATION
Emirates begin construction on $5bn MRO facility
Emirates have begun construction on a high-tech US$5.1 billion MRO facility in Dubai South. Totalling 1.1 million square metres, once complete the building will be one of the world's largest by volume, as well as the largest steel structure in the Gulf. China Railway...
Microsensors detect ice build-up on aircraft wings in real time
A new microsensor developed by a startup at the University of Surrey can detect ice build-up on an aircraft's wings in real time. Surrey Sensors say their 3cm-long sensors will help pilots understand what's happening to their wings during a flight and ultimately make...
Soji AI and Active Partners collaborate on AI for MRO records
Singaporean software developers Soji AI have announced a new collaboration with Active Partners to advance AI use in MRO record keeping. Under the partnership, the parties will explore how technology can optimise the delivery and inspection of aircraft and engines....
Heroes don’t scale: Why the airline OCC is quietly becoming a trading floor
The disruption environment changed underneath the people we trained to absorb it. The job description has quietly moved from fire station to portfolio management — and most operations are still running on the old manual. By Joshua Goring, Chief Commercial Officer,...
Japan’s first vertiport consortium targets operations by 2028
A new vertiport consortium led by eVOL developers SkyDrive hopes to make commercial air taxi services a reality in Japan. With partners including Osaka Metro Company, Soracle, and Marubeni Corporation, SkyDrive plan to launch their aircraft in the Kansai prefecture...
AVIONICS
First look at the agenda for Aerospace Tech Week 2026
Aerospace Tech Week (ATW) have unveiled the agenda for the next edition of the event, taking place in November. This year the conference will be held in London for the first time, bringing together innovators across the industry while highlighting the UK's dynamic...
Reliable Robotics raise $160m for autonomous flight development
US-based aerospace developers Reliable Robotics have closed a US$160 million funding round to accelerate their autonomous aircraft systems. The Reliable Autonomy System (RAS) aims to improve the safety of aviation while being fully integrable with existing...
Aerospace Tech Week confirms partnership with ADS Group
Aerospace Tech Week, the premier international exhibition and conference for the aerospace technology community, is proud to announce a new partnership with ADS Group as the event prepares to launch its inaugural UK edition in London. The move to the UK marks an...
Avionyx and Rapita partner to accelerate avionics development
Avionyx and Rapita Systems have announced they are partnering to accelerate avionics development. With software compliance issues constraining eVTOL and aircraft supply chains, the companies say their collaboration will help the aerospace industry hit regulatory...
Cathay Group selects Thales for avionics on 30 Airbus aircraft
The Cathay Group has selected Thales to provide advanced avionics for its latest fleet expansion. The agreement covers 30 Airbus A330neo aircraft for Cathay Pacific and 18 A321neo/A320neo jets for its budget carrier, HK Express. A central feature of the deal is the...
FLIGHT OPS IT
Microsensors detect ice build-up on aircraft wings in real time
A new microsensor developed by a startup at the University of Surrey can detect ice build-up on an aircraft's wings in real time. Surrey Sensors say their 3cm-long sensors will help pilots understand what's happening to their wings during a flight and ultimately make...
First look at the agenda for Aerospace Tech Week 2026
Aerospace Tech Week (ATW) have unveiled the agenda for the next edition of the event, taking place in November. This year the conference will be held in London for the first time, bringing together innovators across the industry while highlighting the UK's dynamic...
Aerospace Tech Week confirms partnership with ADS Group
Aerospace Tech Week, the premier international exhibition and conference for the aerospace technology community, is proud to announce a new partnership with ADS Group as the event prepares to launch its inaugural UK edition in London. The move to the UK marks an...
Aerospace Tech Week is coming to London in 2026!
We are excited to announce a significant strategic update to Aerospace Tech Week 2026: the event will now take place in London, UK! Moving from Munich, Germany to the world-leading Excel exhibition centre means the event can better serve the evolving needs of the...
Airbus project saves up to 5% in fuel on Transatlantic flights
European aerospace giant Airbus, in collaboration with Delta, Air France and Virgin Atlantic, has successfully completed a critical phase of flight testing for its innovative ‘fello’fly’ project. This uses wake energy retrieval (WER) to significantly cut fuel burn on...
MRO IT
Emirates begin construction on $5bn MRO facility
Emirates have begun construction on a high-tech US$5.1 billion MRO facility in Dubai South. Totalling 1.1 million square metres, once complete the building will be one of the world's largest by volume, as well as the largest steel structure in the Gulf. China Railway...
Soji AI and Active Partners collaborate on AI for MRO records
Singaporean software developers Soji AI have announced a new collaboration with Active Partners to advance AI use in MRO record keeping. Under the partnership, the parties will explore how technology can optimise the delivery and inspection of aircraft and engines....
First look at the agenda for Aerospace Tech Week 2026
Aerospace Tech Week (ATW) have unveiled the agenda for the next edition of the event, taking place in November. This year the conference will be held in London for the first time, bringing together innovators across the industry while highlighting the UK's dynamic...
Pratt & Whitney to invest $100m in engine MRO
Engine manufacturers Pratt & Whitney have revealed they are investing more than US$100 million across three maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sites in a bid to reduce delays. Geared Turbofan (GTF) engines are the main targets for improving capacity....
Korean Air digitises engine MRO with Ramco Systems
Korean Air have gone live with Ramco Systems software at the heart of their engine maintenance system. Providing real-time operational data on output, costs, and performance, the system connects with a range of internal and external systems to streamline processes....
SUSTAINABILITY
First look at the agenda for Aerospace Tech Week 2026
Aerospace Tech Week (ATW) have unveiled the agenda for the next edition of the event, taking place in November. This year the conference will be held in London for the first time, bringing together innovators across the industry while highlighting the UK's dynamic...
New facility converts used plastic into sustainable aviation fuel
Now operational in Kent, UK, Clean Planet Technologies has opened a facility that can convert used plastics into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The first plant of its kind in the world, the process takes waste that cannot be recycled and turns it into fuel,...
Breakthrough SAF process could radically simplify production
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new process that could significantly cut the cost of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. The US-based research team have found a method of turning ethanol into jet fuel components in a single step,...
UK moves from strategy to implementation of Jet Zero
The UK's 'Jet Zero' taskforce have published their first annual report after the government introduced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) targets at the beginning of 2025. The mandate sets guidelines for achieving 10% SAF blending by 2030. Supported by a Revenue...
Equilibrion and Rolls Royce to develop nuclear-powered SAF production
Equilibrion and Rolls Royce have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop British sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production through nuclear power. The Rolls Royce small modular reactor (SMR) can support the deployment of cost-effective, sustainable...
AI & ML
United, Pegasus invest in AI startup for simplified airline operations
United Ventures and Pegasus Innovation Lab are among the investors contributing to a US$1.5 million fundraising round for startup Overwatch AI. Baobab Ventures and Masia also backed the company, which was founded by former pilot Leo Kotil alongside Nikita Kaeshko. The...
First look at the agenda for Aerospace Tech Week 2026
Aerospace Tech Week (ATW) have unveiled the agenda for the next edition of the event, taking place in November. This year the conference will be held in London for the first time, bringing together innovators across the industry while highlighting the UK's dynamic...
Joby and ASI use AI to explore electric aircraft integration
eVTOL developers Joby Aviation and software company Air Space Intelligence (ASI) are teaming up to explore the real-world integration of advanced air mobility (AAM). Using ASI's Flyaways AI Platform, Joby will deploy high-fidelity 4D modelling to understand how eVTOL...
Aerospace Tech Week confirms partnership with ADS Group
Aerospace Tech Week, the premier international exhibition and conference for the aerospace technology community, is proud to announce a new partnership with ADS Group as the event prepares to launch its inaugural UK edition in London. The move to the UK marks an...
Singapore and GE Aerospace to establish innovation centre
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), GE Aerospace, and the International Centre for Aviation Innovation (ICAI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an innovation centre. The Singapore...
CONNECTIVITY
First look at the agenda for Aerospace Tech Week 2026
Aerospace Tech Week (ATW) have unveiled the agenda for the next edition of the event, taking place in November. This year the conference will be held in London for the first time, bringing together innovators across the industry while highlighting the UK's dynamic...
New Zealand to carry out civil aviation overhaul
The New Zealand government is enacting a wide-ranging series of reforms to modernise its civil aviation infrastructure. 23 projects are preparing to take off, with the South Pacific country claiming 20 years of changes will be made in two years. These include...
Delta CEO: AI will have the biggest impact on air traffic control
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has revealed the area of aviation where he believes AI will have the biggest impact: air traffic control. Speaking on the Fortune 500: Titans and Disruptors of Industry podcast, Bastian said the journey from Atlanta to New York takes...
Aircraft crashes with ground vehicle at LaGuardia airport
An aircraft has crashed with a ground vehicle at New York's LaGuardia airport, resulting in multiple casualties. The incident occurred on the evening of 22 March as an Air Canada Express landed. A CRJ-900, the aircraft recorded speeds of 39kmph as it hit the...
Air traffic control under strain due to Middle East airspace closures
Ongoing airspace closures in the Middle East has placed strain on air traffic controllers, with staff in some regions now managing twice the number of aircraft than usual. Due to ongoing US-Israel attacks, Iranian airspace remains completely closed. While very...