The Air Current

2 days ago | theaircurrent.com | Will Guisbond

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: United's proposed Newark fix comes with a possible competitive upside Newark Liberty International Airport’s largest tenant, United Airlines, and its CEO, Scott Kirby, have understandably been the loudest voices railing against the air traffic control staffing and equipment chaos at one of the airline’s largest domestic hubs. In the wake of a serious technology outage on April 28 that...

1 week ago | theaircurrent.com | Elan Head

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: Wisk CEO Brian Yutko departs to lead commercial product development at Boeing Wisk CEO Brian Yutko is leaving his role at the wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary to become the vice president of product development at Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), a move that signals the continued importance of the autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing company to Boeing’s broader research...

1 week ago | theaircurrent.com | Jon Ostrower

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: JetZero eyes U.S. government loans as it seeks billions in funding LONG BEACH, Calif. — In a highly simplified conceptualization of something as complex as aircraft development, especially one originating from a startup, there are three principal steps.

1 week ago | theaircurrent.com | Will Guisbond

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: The Federal Aviation Administration is soliciting air traffic control supervisors from throughout the national airspace system to help alleviate severe staffing shortages at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to people familiar with the situation.

2 weeks ago | theaircurrent.com | Will Guisbond

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that contract work for the modernization of the national air traffic control system could be awarded to just one single company, in a departure from previous comments from the Federal Aviation Administration that multiple companies would be needed to upgrade the system.