What could spur Alcoa to pony up maybe $5 billion in less than a year? Aerospace and defense market share

U.S. carriers feel a deep sense of frustration as they watch the likes of Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways penetrate the American market from nearly 12,000 kilometers away.

Aerospace parts come in all shapes and sizes. While manufacturing efficiency of large to mid size structural aerospace parts has been a focal point for Makino, smaller parts like leading edges also require process optimization. These smaller parts are often produced on general purpose machines or in multiple part nests on large dedicated aerospace machines. Neither is an efficient solution as production volumes and piece cost pressures continue to ramp up. Delivering up to 300 cubic inches of metal removal capability in a 500mm 5-axis horizontal platform; attend this webinar to learn how Makino’s new a61nx-5E is the Right Size solution for your small aerospace parts production.

Test flights are getting underway of a Boeing 757 with an actively blown vertical tail and new wing-leading-edge sections, which could pave the way for the wider use of natural laminar and active flow control technology in future airliner designs.

Germanwings 4U9525 crashed in the French Alps near Prads-Haute-Bléone en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf 24 March 2015.

The A320 involved in today's accident in France was D-AIPX, an A320-211 with serial no. 147.

European ANSPs highlight progress on SES through common controller definition being developed jointly across four countries.

FAA’s deep dive into historical airline figures reveals how radically the industry has restructured over the past 20 years.