Abstract: The traditional manual detection of aircraft skin is subjective and inefficient. In order to achieve rapid damage detection, this paper proposes an aircraft skin damage detection and ...

The 11 winners of the latest JEC Composites Innovation Awards were announced during the JEC World Premiere, which took place on Monday 12 January 2026 in Paris. The aerospace industry has ...

For many passengers flying long-haul routes, the product has become an attractive middle ground between economy affordability and business class luxury. Now, Emirates is accelerating the expansion of ...

Join me as I surprise my mom with her first-ever Emirates First Class flight on the Airbus A380 from Dubai to Amsterdam.

Abstract: The hybrid-electric propulsion control system plays a fundamental role to ensure the correct function of all components and to operate a performing energy management. Several control ...

Multiple alternative designs were explored before the Airbus A380 entered service. These included triple deck layouts, different fuselage cross sections, and radical structural concepts aimed at ...

Airbus and partners have successfully transformed an end-of-life composite part from a decommissioned A380 into a certified structural component for an A320neo, marking a major step in proving that ...

Alexander (Alex) Mitchell comes to Simple Flying with a background in finance and strategy consulting. He has covered airlines and aerospace at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, ...

Lufthansa is undertaking the most extensive fleet renewal in its history while simultaneously modernizing the cabins of its largest aircraft. As part of the program, both the Boeing 747-8 and Airbus ...

Boeing has selected Australian company Ferra Engineering to produce wing kits for its High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC). The contract expands the long-standing partnership ...

David Slotnick is TPG's contributing aviation editor. He covers the ins and outs of the airline industry. The cards we feature here are from partners who compensate us when you are approved through ...

McFarlane Aviation is partnering with Hutch Aviation to expand the availability of Piper and Cessna service kits to a bigger market. Hutch Aviation offers a line of forward doorpost reinforcement ...