Air Italy, which aims to unseat Alitalia as Italy's top carrier, has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max. Qatar Airways owns 49% of Air Italy.
The role of a first-class board is to pose insightful questions.
For over fifty years, the airplanes flying across the U.S. have been guided by World War II era, ground-based radar, though much better technology is available. I Co-Chaired a project at the Eno Transportation Institute studying how we can accelerate the move to modern, air traffic navigation called NextGen. We concluded that the best approach is to create a federally chartered, not-for profit organization to manage…
As far as an investment goes, Boeing is on my 'no' list.
How well do you know various facts about Boeing's newest jet, the 777X?
Changes in engineering, operations, and public relations could help repair damage.
Other countries keep airspace safe without government help, but none have anywhere near as many flights.
What does the future hold for air travel? We are working to ensure all transport of passengers and cargo benefits from the latest technological developments.
One successful test does not an industry standard make.
Boeing has obviously cleaned up the firm's act. But still, who wants to get on an airplane these days?
Igor Pasternak, the CEO and chief engineer of Worldwide Aeros, is fulfilling his lifelong dream of creating aircrafts that are lighter than air, more fuel-efficient and greener and his Aeroscraft is gaining recognition and significant funding.
When it comes to new airplanes, Boeing doesn’t want to reinvent the wheel. Or the wing, or fuselage, or much else until it really, really needs to do so.
Building an airplane that can reach (and survive) Mach 5.
This lightweight multi-role fighter can be found in air forces throughout the world—and for good reason.
The potential rewards of vertically integrating must be balanced against notable risk.
The reality is that safety, whether it be the training of pilots or add-on features in planes, costs money and there’s a limit to how much the industry can spend safeguarding human life
Things were going so well, until they weren’t. What went wrong?
Strange things can happen when a business is based on millions of people flying around in $100 million metal boxes that can take a year to build.
Although three planes grounded by Qantas will require complex repairs, the cracks do not threaten the plane's airworthiness.