Aviation Week Network announced the winners of the 66th Annual Laureate Awards (#AWLAUR), honoring extraordinary achievements in the global aerospace arena.
Space Domain Awareness - the ability to rapidly detect, characterize, warn, attribute, and predict threats to space systems - is one of the top priorities for U.S. Space Command.
Dominating this week’s top air transport stories include aircraft orders from Dublin-based lessor Avolon’s order for 140 new Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific’s order for six Airbus A350 freighters.
Jordi Pla Pintre, Director of Network Strategy and Long-Term Planning at Vueling Airlines, outlines what it meant to win the Airline Award category at this year’s Routes Awards.
Peh Ke-Wei, Vice President of Air Hub Development at Changi Airport Group, discusses the reopening of Terminal 2 and Singapore’s route development targets.
Paul van den Brink of Cape Town Air Access, winner of the Destination Award category at the Routes Awards 2023, notes recent successes and upcoming plans.
In 1951, Lockheed’s chief engineer, Hall Hibbard, asked a 41-year-old Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson to come into his office. Johnson had made a name for himself during World War II for delivering the first XP-80 jet fighter prototype in 143 days, and Hibbard wanted his advice on Lockheed’s newest aircraft design proposal: the Model 82 Hercules, a four-engine turboprop transport. Johnson, who believed speed was the key to aviation’s future, blurted out: “Hibbard, if you send that in [to the Air Force,] you’ll destroy the Lockheed Company.”
Dominating this week’s top air transport stories include London Heathrow Airport’s largest shareholder Ferrovial is selling its 25% stake in the airport and two airlines conducted flights on 100% sustainable aviation fuel.
Orlando International Airport’s Vicki Jaramillo, winner of the Individual Leadership category at Routes Awards 2023, outlines the airport’s future ambitions.
A formal announcement has been made at CAPA World Aviation Summit confirming that Routes Asia 2025 will take place in Perth, Australia from 25th-27th March.