Located on the company’s East Wichita campus, the 75,000-square-foot facility expands the company’s training capabilities with professional and technical training rooms, according to company officials. In addition to classroom learning, the west bay hangar features a simulated manufacturing floor, preparing newly hired mechanics with hands-on experience during an eight-week training program. The...
Global Airlines, the start-up that plans on flying transatlantic services from the UK to New York using a fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft, has placed two charter flights on sale via UK Online Travel Agency Travelopedia. The first flight on the 15th May 2025 operates from Glasgow (GLA/EGPF) to New York JFK, returning...
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has become the first airline to launch an ‘AI Champion’ apprenticeship program in partnership with digital skills education providers, Cambridge Spark. The apprenticeship aims to address sluggish AI adoption among enterprise employees globally and boost productivity & AI tool adoption by increasing AI fluency in non-technical professionals. Building on...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has entered into a strategic partnership with Qatar Airways, following the launch of daily flights to the latter’s Doha hub.
China has reportedly ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of Boeing jets in response to United States President Donald Trump’s decision to impose 145 percent tariffs on Chinese goods. Bloomberg News, citing people familiar with the matter, reported the development on Tuesday. The global aerospace industry is in the...
Safran Aircraft Engines CEO Olivier Andries says China will not impose tariffs on some aircraft parts, including jet engines. He made the comment during an April 25, 2025, earnings call. "The [tariff] situation is very uncertain and can change very quickly," he said. "China has decided to exempt from tariffs any deliveries...
More than 100 people have been killed in air crashes this year already, including in a midair collision between a commercial airliner and a helicopter near Washington, DC, and a plane crashing into a bus on a Sao Paulo street. The fatal incidents in the first two months of the new...
The United States ambassador to Manila has condemned “dangerous” manoeuvres by a Chinese navy helicopter that threatened the safety of a Philippine government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. In a post on social media on Wednesday, US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson condemned the actions of the Chinese helicopter and called...
China’s military said it drove away three Philippines aircraft “illegally” flying over the disputed Spratly Islands, marking the second aerial incident this week involving Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea. A spokesperson for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Southern Theatre Command, Air Force Colonel Tian Junli, said the military had chased...
