Ask the Editors

By Thierry Dubois
Ask the Editors: Composite use is growing as a percentage of weight for manufacturers. Repair and recycling knowledge also are improving.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Bradley Perrett
Ask the Editors: The best way to understand the fate of the SpaceJet is to look to the parent company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Ask the Editors: The resumption of airline traffic will drive demand for parts. We are already seeing signs that airlines in China and the U.S. are starting to add flights.
MRO

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Emirates is highly dependent on the A380, and how fast it returns depends on how quickly the long-haul market rebounds.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: LCCs are nimble and have strategies to stimulate demand for air travel.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: The return to pre-COVID-19 production rates will vary, but manufacturers are aware the process may be slow and arduous.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Ask the Editors: The supersonic renaissance slowed before the pandemic, but new aircraft should come to market after aviation recovers.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Ask the Editors: Despite a downturn in aviation, demand for skilled technical personnel will remain high.
Workforce & Training

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: U.S. airlines’ strength before the COVID-19 crisis and government support bodes well for the majors’ survival.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: The Aviation Week Network invites our readers to submit questions to our editors and analysts. We’ll answer them, and if we can’t we
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: Airliners are much cleaner than the average restaurant—especially now with new additional disinfecting being done.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Ask the Editors: A key factor is to create biofuel primarily from waste streams rather than purpose-grown plants.
Emerging Technologies

By Lee Ann Shay
Ask the Editors: EASA and the FAA have issued recent guidance to reinforce proper use of biocides.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: Various border shutdowns and country-specific quarantine rules are complicating air travel.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Ask the Editors: Several new turboprops have been proposed in Asia, and there might be modification programs for existing designs in the U.S. and Europe.
Emerging Technologies

By Karen Walker
What is your opinion regarding the future of the aviation industry in India?
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Ask the Editors: The U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program could be pivotal for commercial eVTOL vehicle developers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
Ask the Editors: The global space economy is projected to exceed $1.1 trillion by 2040, but it is unclear how COVID-19 will affect that.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
Ask the Editors: Embraer’s CEO says the original E175 will remain in production for as long as there are customers.
Crossover Narrowbody Jets

By Lee Ann Shay
Ask the Editors: Airlines will be in cash-preservation mode as long as they can, so this year and 2021 could be tough for maintenance.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Ask the Editors: Instead of the mature horizontal model of today’s engine market, electric propulsion has been vertically integrated.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Ask the Editors: Anything that lowers trip costs is a benefit to carriers right now, with a predicted shift to lower-capacity aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Ask the Editors: Available evidence does not give specific clues, but the B-52 ceiling and U-2 operating altitude provide reference.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: With availability of Fed-backed private sector funding, large aerospace companies are unlikely to rely on CARES Act.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Vacation travel will likely come back more quickly than business travel, but the recovery will come in phases.
Airlines & Lessors