Latest Commercial Aviation Content by Aviation Week & Space Technology
Feb 24, 2017
UPS and delivery-vehicle maker Workhorse demonstrate how truck-launched unmanned aircraft could make package delivery in rural areas more efficient and sustainable.
Feb 24, 2017
When it comes to cutting regulations, the U.S. has seen this movie before, and we know how it ends—or at least how it has every time before.
Feb 23, 2017
A new financing round brings strategic investors, including Airbus and Microsoft, on board a startup that wants to enable safe and efficient large-scale operations for small UAS in low-altitude airspace.
Feb 23, 2017
Colorado will spend $6 million for a remote system it hopes will bring affordable control tower services at a handful of key mountain airports.
Feb 22, 2017
One weekend in the summer of 1980, my father took me on a tour of FedEx's ramp in Memphis not long after he joined the company as a Dassault Falcon 20 pilot. FedEx was "closed" on weekends during its early years, its entire aircraft fleet parked in Memphis waiting for the workweek to begin -- something almost unthinkable today.
Feb 22, 2017
New air traffic navigation equipment and procedures that could help handle more traffic are getting a tryout at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Feb 21, 2017
A European program, comparable to NextGen in the U.S., aims to maximize air traffic management efficiency to take fuller advantage of upgraded aircraft.
Feb 21, 2017
Practically everyone involved thinks air traffic issues will dominate FAA reauthorization, but few can say what will happen.