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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
Although Air Canada CEO and president Michael Rosseau said that its Q1 results were indicative of the flag carrier “effectively managing through a turbulent period,” the ongoing uncertainty surrounding market conditions (particularly regarding flights to and from the US) has led Air Canada to “prudently” moderate its expectations.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
An interim report into the substation power outage that brought London Heathrow to a standstill in late March has concluded that cause of the fire remains unknown, although counter-terrorism and investigations confirmed “no evidence to suggest that the incident was suspicious in nature”. On 20 March, a fire broke out at a transformer in an electricity substation in West London’s North Hyde; one of three independent supply points feeding the airport.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is to assess the operational potential of Radia’s ‘WindRunner’ cargo aircraft concept, a proposed 356 behemoth promising to offer around twelve times the volume of the Boeing 747.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
A new ‘Defence Standard’ milestone has been reached by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to allow the use of up to 30% blended SAF in its aircraft, something industry taskforce leader BP described as “a significant increase” from the current limit of 5%.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
Vertical Aerospace and Honeywell have signed a new long-term agreement to certify what the latter defines as “two of the most critical systems” on Vertical’s upcoming four-passenger VX4 eVTOL, including the aircraft’s flight control and fly-by-wire systems. Vertical has also selected new Honeywell inceptors for use on its aircraft.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
US Department of Transportation secretary Sean Duffy has announced the FAA’s vision to build a “brand new, state-of-the-art air traffic control system that will be the envy of the world,” promising to “replace core infrastructure including radar, software, hardware and telecommunications networks to manage modern travel”. An updated system is certainly sorely overdue. “Decades of neglect have left us with an outdated system that is showing its age,” explained Duffy.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
Wisk Aero CEO Brian Yutko is to step aside from his leadership role in the wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary, moving to a new position as head of product development within Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After leading the advanced air mobility company since February 2023, Yutko will now transition within Boeing to a new role as vice president of product development at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, although will continue to provide strategic oversight and support to Wisk.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
Stratolaunch is celebrating the successful second hypersonic flight and recovery of its Talon-A2 vehicle, demonstrating “the United States’ return to reusable hypersonic flight test since the X-15 programme ended in 1968,” explained the California-based company. The reusable hypersonic test bed first achieved hypersonic (five times the speed of sound) flight during its trajectory in December 2024, since surpassing this speed record on its most recent hypersonic flight in March 2025.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
As the FAA looks to increase controller staffing and implement modern technological assets at Newark Liberty International Airport, the regulator is to “ensure safety by slowing the rate of arrivals into the airport” as it continues to “work through these issues”.
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1 week ago | 
aerospaceglobalnews.com | Charlotte Bailey
Three aircraft of the Yemeni flag carrier (including two A320s and an A330) were caught up in the conflagration ensuing when the Israeli military launched its second attack against Houthi rebels in the Houthi-controlled capital of Sana’a. “The Israeli bombing of Sana’a airport destroyed three aircraft… that had been hijacked by the militia,” said the airline in a statement. “We hold the militia responsible for the destruction of three of our aircraft at Sana’a airport and the resulting losses.
