It could well go down as the third Gulf war but this time the ammunition is rhetoric. A vicious war of words has erupted between the fast-growing Middle East airlines and their rivals from the US and Europe and, while it may be on the other side of the world, the outcome may have repercussions
Powering Australia’s next fighter In June 2014 an F-35A Joint Strike Fighter suffered a catastrophic fire in its F135 engine, fortunately before the aircraft had taken off. Almost a year later the engine manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney, is still working on a fix with Lockheed Martin, the US Department of Defense, the US Air Force,
Pilots: Asia’s airlines still need you when you’re 64 Old age catches up with all of us but it seems the day that brings blissful retirement is getting further away for one group of whitecollar workers. The pilot flying you to your destination in the world’s big jets is more and more likely to be
Eleven-abreast in the A380 is nearing reality Eleven seats across in a 3-5-3 configuration on an Airbus A380’s main deck is no longer a napkin-sketched nightmare of minuscule proportions, it’s a reality – or, at least, it’s as close to reality as Airbus will get without an airline purchasing the layout and seats it was
US airlines need to go back to the future The heated war between US airline giants and Middle East carriers over alleged subsidies is more about the inability of US airlines to compete on the global stage. In fact they have lost the right stuff that made them great. This content is available exclusively to
Sully Sullenberger has used his fame for the good of aviation Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger has written his name into aviation history and folklore. His successful ditching of an Airbus A320 in 2009 has been well documented and the story revisited countless times since. Yet as amazing as the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ was, it