Author: newsworm

New Zealand-based Vickers Aircraft Company says it intends to make its first delivery of the WAVE four-place amphibious aircraft to a U.S. customer in April of 2025. Founder Paul Vickers said the company is now raising capital to fund the push to begin deliveries on its backlog. Most current investors are Americans, he said, and the company has already accomplished a lot with the relatively small amount raised so far. The manufacturing plant has been operating for four years and all the…
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Source: https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/vickers-planning-for-2025-u-s-delivery/

The long-awaited first crewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was called off for at least 24 hours over a technical glitch with the Atlas V rocket that was being readied to launch the new astronaut capsule to orbit on Monday night.The CST-100 Starliner’s inaugural voyage carrying astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) has been highly anticipated and much-delayed as Boeing scrambles to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for a greater share of lucrative NASA business.
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Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/sunita-williams-piloted-boeing-starliner-test-flight-postponed-over-atlas-rocket-glitch/article68148122.ece/amp/

Five-year contract will deliver emissions reductions of 100,000 metric tons of CO2— equivalent to flying 177,000 economy-class passengers round trip between Boston and London1
100,000 metric tons of CO2 would represent more than half of BCG’s air travel CO2 emissions in 2023
This is BCG’s largest SAF certificate purchase to date
BOSTON, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Consulting Group (BCG) today announced it has signed an agreement for the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel…
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Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/world-energy-announces-sustainable-aviation-fuel-agreement-with-boston-consulting-group-to-step-up-decarbonization-investment-302135858.html

Airbus on Monday (May 6) announced that IndiGo has placed a firm order for 30 A350-900 aircraft. This significant move marks IndiGo’s foray into the wide-body segment, expanding its fleet to cater to long-range international routes.

“India, the world’s fastest growing major aviation market, is on the verge of an international travel boom as the economy grows and household incomes rise,” Airbus said in a statement.

“The A350 is perfectly positioned to serve the country’s…
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Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/business/airlines-aviation-indigo-orders-30-airbus-a350-900-planes-signals-entry-into-wide-body-segment-3479179/lite/

Federal Aviation Administration says Boeing voluntarily informed officials that inspections may not have been completed.Air safety officials in the United States are investigating whether employees at Boeing falsified inspections records for the 787 Dreamliner.
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday that it had opened the probe after Boeing voluntarily informed officials that it may not have completed required inspections to “confirm adequate bonding and grounding where the…
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Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/5/7/us-officials-probe-claims-boeing-workers-falsified-inspection-records

Sphere Drones announced its flight operations team has been granted a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Area Approval for its site near Wagga Wagga (NSW) by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia.The BVLOS approval positions Sphere Drones to help accelerate commercial drone adoption by businesses across Australia, which is due to skyrocket to 60 million flights each year by 2043. This regulatory milestone allows the business to demonstrate its BVLOS drone operations for…
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Source: https://asianaviation.com/sphere-drones-hits-bvlos-area-approval-milestone/