Company News
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12 July 2021
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity conducts first fully crewed spaceflight
Virgin Galactic’s spaceship VSS Unity has successfully conducted the first test flight with a full crew, including Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson.
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9 July 2021
NeXt unveils iFLY evTOL personal air vehicle
Advanced air mobility start-up NeXt has introduced an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (evTOL) personal air vehicle.
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7 July 2021
Volocopter gains EASA production certification for eVTOL
German air taxi and drone manufacturer Volocopter has received the production organisation approval (POA), which complies with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA Part 21G).
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6 July 2021
IAI and Atitech to open passenger aircraft conversion site in Italy
Aviation manufacturer Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has agreed with MRO service provider Atitech to open an aircraft conversion site in Italy.
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5 July 2021
China launches new Fengyun-3E meteorological satellite
China has launched the new Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) meteorological satellite from the SLS-2 launch site at China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.
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2 July 2021
Virgin Galactic to launch first fully crewed spaceflight on 11 July
Spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has announced plans to conduct the first fully crewed spaceflight mission, named Unity 22, on 11 July.
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1 July 2021
Rolls-Royce and Shell sign MoU to advance use of SAF
Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with oil and gas company Shell to advance the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in aircraft engines.
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30 June 2021
United Airlines orders 270 aircraft worth $30bn from Airbus and Boeing
US carrier United Airlines has ordered a total of 270 aircraft worth more than $30bn at list prices from Airbus and Boeing.
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29 June 2021
Scoot welcomes first three Airbus A321neo aircraft
Singapore Airlines’ low-cost subsidiary Scoot has welcomed its first three Airbus A321neo aircraft leased from BOC Aviation.
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28 June 2021
Virgin Galactic secures FAA’s approval to fly customers to space
Spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has secured approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly passengers on future spaceflights.