by Dino D'Amore | Feb 11, 2020 | Technology, Zone: Europe
Airbus has launched MAVERIC (Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls) its “blended wing body” scale model technological demonstrator. At 2 metres long and 3.2 metres wide, with a surface area of about 2.25m²,...
by Dino D'Amore | Feb 11, 2020 | Technology, Zone: Europe
Rolls-Royce has started to manufacture the world’s largest fan blades, for its UltraFan demonstrator engine that the firms claims will set new standards in terms of efficiency and sustainability. As a set the composite blades have a 140-inch diameter, which is almost...
by Dino D'Amore | Feb 10, 2020 | Technology
Rolls-Royce data innovation catalyst R2 Data Labs has launched Yocova – a new data exchange and collaboration platform for the aviation sector. The platform seeks to provide users with an online platform for open, secure data sharing and insight and has...
by Dino D'Amore | Feb 6, 2020 | Cargo
The global air cargo market saw a 4% year-on-year decline in the four weeks to February 2, 2020, according to the latest ‘dynamic load factor’ market intelligence from CLIVE Data Services. The dynamic load factor fell two percentage points relative to last year to...
by Dino D'Amore | Feb 6, 2020 | Technology, Zone: Europe
Lufthansa Systems has won the contract to implement its NetLine/Ops ++ operations management system as a strategic IT partner to the Lufthansa Group. Now that the multi-year agreement has been signed for the use of NetLine/Ops ++, the migration will soon begin to the...
