Air India hosted a job fair earlier this week in hopes of filling at least some of the 197 vacant pilot spots for its Airbus fleet, alone. Not a single applicant showed up. Not. One. Air India’s shortage of cabin crew is well known. The problem is so severe that it’s faced frequent flight delays…
If the complex satellite system that supports our country’s global positioning system ever goes down, there’s no backup. Link
Quite a menacing sight coming up through the darknes. An F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a KC-10 Extenderover the U.S. Central Command area of operations, while supporting air strikes in Syria. Link
Qantas will ramp up its Airbus A380 flights to Hong Kong and Dallas over the 2015-2016 Christmas/New Year period, with the flagship superjumbo adding scores of extra seats on both routes during the high-demand holiday season. Link
While en route to the Melbourne Air & Space Show The Blue Angels fly over the park. Link
The proposed South Suburban Airport would have “minimal impact” on other Chicago-area airports, according to a recently released report from the Federal Aviation Administration. It also concluded that Chicago’s airspace could handle traffic from a third major airport during its first five years of operation. Link
Electric planes won’t happen until battery technology improves by leaps and bounds. That’s spurred researchers at NASA to take a different tack, testing a new style of wing that integrates over a dozen small propellers to boost efficiency, reduce drag, and make electric propulsion feasible for light aircraft. Link
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just granted Amazon Logistics, Inc. an experimental airworthiness certificate to allow the company to operate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for research and development and crew training. Link
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Lufthansa Technik is developing an AutoInspect robot to automate inspection procedures for engine components at its headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. Link
The Hong Kong government gave final approval Tuesday for a third runway at the Asian financial center’s airport, aiming to meet surging growth in passengers and air cargo. Link