Airbus concludes autonomous flight tests

Following an extensive two-year flight test programme, Airbus has successfully concluded its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and Landing (ATTOL) project. In completing this project, Airbus has achieved autonomous taxiing, take-off and landing of a commercial aircraft through fully automatic vision-based flight tests using on-board image recognition technology – a world-first in aviation. In total, over 500…

US fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian military aircraft near Alaska for the sixth time this month

US fighters intercepted four Russian military aircraft near Alaska Saturday, marking the sixth time this month Russian planes have been intercepted in the area this month. US Air Force F-22 Raptors were scrambled in response to the presence of four Russian Tu-142 reconnaissance aircraft inside the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) Saturday, North American…

easyJet to resume 500 flights a day from next week

easyJet will be relaunching more flights from airports across Europe. EasyJet is to launch hundreds more international flights at airports across the UK from next week. The airline said it will restart the international and domestic flights from July 1, as it also secured a major cash injection to bolster its finances in the face…