- Indonesia is quite well endowed with airports. It has to be; it is the world's largest archipelago. But some areas are still missing out, so another 39 will be built. Unlike some other countries that have featured in CAPA - Centre for...
- While there were a handful of orders from Asia Pacific airlines announced at the 2026 Farnborough Airshow, other significant deals are still on the radar as carriers look to address long-term widebody replacement needs. Philippine...
- The bidding war for easyJet has not yet come to a conclusion, but it could be a missed opportunity to achieve significant consolidation in the European airline industry. So far, two private equity investors - Apollo Global Management and...
- Few industries have undergone as much structural change over the past half century as commercial aviation in North America. Since the US Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 transformed the competitive landscape, airlines have navigated...
- Mexico's only full-service airline, Aeromexico, isn't seeing a dent in premium demand, despite fuel price volatility and continued uncertainty over the duration of conflict in the Middle East. In fact, the company touted a record second...
- Researchers discovered a proton-assisted mechanism that greatly improves how triplet energy moves between quantum dots and nearby molecules. The proton briefly shifts position, helps coordinate electron movement, and then returns to...
- One sentence in the European Commission's latest Emissions Trading System (ETS) proposal may prove more consequential for aviation than the entire package of reforms. While Brussels has chosen to slow the reduction of carbon allowances...
- US travel demand is becoming increasingly nuanced rather than uniformly strong or weak. New research from Future Partners and Navan reveals two markets moving at different speeds: leisure travellers are displaying greater financial...
- A decline in visitor numbers and airline capacity is causing another year of headaches for Thailand's tourist industry, which had not fully recovered from a slump in 2025. Many countries in the Asia Pacific region have seen travel demand...
- Researchers have created cosmic dust from scratch by recreating space-like conditions inside glass tubes. The dust contains complex carbon-rich molecules built from elements essential to life and produces infrared signals similar to real...
- A new particle detector called PLATON could replace millions of tiny detector components with a single block of light-producing material. Using a light-field camera, highly sensitive photon sensors, and AI, it reconstructs particle paths...
- The latest geopolitical crisis has once again exposed aviation's vulnerability to external shocks, but rather than treating higher fuel costs as a temporary disruption, airlines are increasingly demonstrating an ability to retain pricing...
- Travel demand has recovered strongly in many parts of the world, but North America is entering a more complex phase. Changing consumer sentiment, geopolitical perceptions, economic uncertainty and evolving traveller expectations are...
- Adani Airports has announced that it will build what it calls 'aerocities' and 'urban districts' at six of its eight airports in India. Effectively it is adding a real estate offer to each of those airports, which include the old and new...
- Securing new airline services has become one of the most competitive challenges facing regional airports. Airlines continue to deploy aircraft selectively, prioritising proven demand, operational efficiency and long-term commercial...
- Aviation has spent decades optimising around congestion. Airbus' 2026-2045 Global Market Forecast suggests the next two decades will instead be defined by dispersion. While geopolitical crises, volatile fuel prices and supply chain...
- At the FIFA World Cup currently taking place in North America the exploits of the national football team from Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) - an archipelago of only half a million people in the North Atlantic and the second smallest nation...
- South Korea's international tourism recovery has moved beyond restoration and into expansion. Having become one of the first major North Asian markets to surpass pre-pandemic visitor volumes in 2025, the country is accelerating further...
- What if one of the biggest assumptions in cosmology is wrong? New research suggests the universe may not be perfectly uniform in every direction, as scientists have long believed. A puzzling mismatch known as the cosmic dipole anomaly...
- Quantum mechanics has journeyed from a strange and controversial idea to the foundation of some of humanity’s most advanced technologies. Now researchers are pushing its boundaries even further, with potential breakthroughs in energy,...
- Scientists have uncovered new evidence that fireworks can pollute both the air and water in ways that extend beyond the visible smoke. The findings show that leftover debris, fine particles, and airborne chemicals may affect ecosystems...
- A new quantum device can generate precisely controlled bursts of sound-like particles, or phonons, by forcing electrons through an ultra-thin crystal at extremely low temperatures. The surprising behavior pushes beyond the limits...
- A surprisingly simple fuel modification could help tackle one of diesel engines’ biggest problems: pollution. Researchers reviewing studies from around the world found that mixing small amounts of water into diesel fuel can dramatically...
- NASA’s upgraded Cold Atom Lab is turning the International Space Station into a frontier for quantum research, creating ultra-cold matter that behaves in astonishing ways. The experiments could unlock new discoveries about the universe...
- Researchers found that a Chinese sodium-ion battery performs far better than expected, with production quality and design features comparable to Tesla’s batteries. If engineers can improve cold-weather charging and energy density, sodium...
- Oxford physicists have created an entirely new type of Schrödinger’s cat-like quantum state using components that are themselves highly quantum in nature. The advance could open new possibilities for more resilient quantum computers and...
- MIT researchers have shown that one fuel can power both chemical and electric spacecraft thrusters, potentially transforming what small satellites can do. The approach combines quick bursts of speed with highly efficient long-range...
- What if our biggest idea about reality is built on a hidden misunderstanding? A new philosophical look at space-time challenges the popular view that the past, present, and future all exist together in a timeless "block universe." The...
- NASA’s futuristic X-59 jet is about to face its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier for the first time. After a successful series of test flights that pushed the aircraft to near-supersonic speeds, engineers are preparing...
- Researchers have developed a compact quantum detector that makes terahertz radiation much easier to detect. A specially designed metasurface funnels incoming energy into tiny active regions, greatly strengthening the electrical signal...
- Physicists may have uncovered a surprising new clue that string theory—the idea that the universe is built from unimaginably tiny vibrating strings—could be more than just a mathematical fantasy. Instead of assuming strings existed from...
- Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced the order of three additional Bell 407GXis by Life Flight Network, the largest not-for-profit air medical program in the country with the largest Bell HEMS fleet, operating...
- For nearly 100 years, reinforced rubber has powered everything from car tires to airplanes, yet scientists never fully understood why adding tiny particles of carbon black made rubber so incredibly strong. Now, researchers at the...
- Otto Aerospace today announced the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its Phantom 3500, a major technical milestone that advances the clean-sheet business jet program from conceptual design into detailed...
- Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, supports customers developing next-generation vertical flight systems. With more than 30 years of experience in autonomy and rapid prototyping, the company provides an end-to-end ecosystem that...
- Satair, an Airbus company, announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Unical Aviation Inc. (“Unical”) and its subsidiary ecube. This milestone creates a premier, end-to-end global provider of Used Serviceable Material...
- SkyDrive Inc. (“SkyDrive”), a leading eVTOL (*1) aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, has announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Tohoku Air Service (TAS), a helicopter operator owned by Tohoku Electric Power Company, for...
- CAE Inc. today announced that it is pursuing strategic alternatives for Flightscape, its aviation software business, as part of its ongoing portfolio optimization and disciplined approach to capital allocation to drive long-term...
- As flight operations for NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft accelerate, its team has picked up their testing tempo, completing two test flights in a single day for the first time. The first dual-flight day was on April 30 at NASA’s...
- Continuous development, followed by thorough testing, is part of the critical role the engineering team at HAV play to ensure the aircraft has the best design and capabilities possible as we work towards Type Certification. Utilising the...
- Malaysia’s AirAsia has placed an order for 150 latest generation A220-300 aircraft. The purchase agreement is the largest single firm order placed for the A220 and propels the programme beyond the 1,000 firm order milestone, underscoring...
- The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has transitioned Archer’s Midnight aircraft into a Restricted Type Certificate (RTC) program, advancing the regulatory path for the aircraft's entry into service in the UAE. Archer is the...
- A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic forces, the experimental engine...
- AirAsia X (AirAsia) has ordered 150 Airbus A220 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines, with the first of these aircraft to be delivered starting in 2028. Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, will provide AirAsia with...
- TKMS and General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada agreed to an industrial cooperation under the Canadian Defence & Dual-Use Innovation Ecosystem (CDDE) to establish an undersea research and development centre called Arctic Sentinel. It...
- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that Alaska Airlines has signed a formal license agreement for Boeing's Virtual Airplane (VA) during the World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) held in Orlando, Florida. Alaska Airlines has been a key...
- Textron Aviation Inc ., a Textron Inc . (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced its new service facility at Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne is now open for customers, expanding factory-direct support for Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker...
- Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, achieved a major milestone as the first three Cessna Citation Ascend business jets were delivered to fleet launch customer NetJets . NetJets, which operates the world's largest,...
- Viasat Inc., a global leader in satellite communications, today announced L2 Aviation has joined its Velaris ecosystem via Galaxy 1 Communications: bringing advanced avionics integration and certification expertise to Advanced Air...
- Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today celebrates the commissioning of three Bell 429 helicopters by the Queensland Police Service (QPS) for use in North Queensland. With a total of six Bell aircraft in their fleet,...