Tag: engineering aviation
Battery manufacturer works on rechargeable batteries for electric flight
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt Manufacturers of batteries for electric cars have discovered a potential new market for themselves: civil aviation. The Swedish company Northvolt, together with its Californian subsidiary Cuberg, has developed…
Lilium secures fresh money – Earlybird comes on board
Representation of a Lilium jet at the terminal Lilium is planning a regional service with its own airports for its electric VTOL aircraft. (Photo: lilium) Berlin, Frankfort The German air…
The turbo for aircraft development
Concept of a flying wing from Airbus When it comes to new propulsion systems such as hydrogen, the aircraft must be completely rethought. Artificial intelligence can help here. (Photo: Airbus)…
Suppliers declare a personnel emergency
Frankfurt The shortage of skilled workers is posing ever greater problems for the aerospace industry. According to the IG Metall coast, up to 5,000 positions are currently vacant – the…
Air New Zealand: Airline wants to weigh passengers
Auckland Airport As part of a month-long survey, Air New Zealand is measuring the weight of its passengers. (Photo: dpa) wellington New Zealand’s airline Air New Zealand wants to weigh…
Lufthansa reactivates A380 – the giant planes are coming back
Frankfurt, Munich Brass band music is a must when a new type of aircraft takes off in Munich for a scheduled Lufthansa flight. The A380 from Airbus is actually not…
China wants to compete with Airbus and Boeing with this aircraft
Maiden flight C919 The short and medium-haul jet manufactured by Comac is a prestige project of the Chinese government. It is intended to compete with the Airbus A320 neo and…
China wants to compete with Airbus and Boeing with this aircraft
Maiden flight C919 The short and medium-haul jet manufactured by Comac is a prestige project of the Chinese government. It is intended to compete with the Airbus A320 neo and…
An icon of German aviation is being revived
Draft of the planned Dornier 328 eco The first machines are to be produced in Leipzig from the end of 2026. It would be the first German-made aircraft in almost…
Is the dream of electric flight getting closer now?
E-plane at the Aero aviation fair in Friedrichshafen The energy density of the batteries is still only sufficient for the operation of small aircraft. But there are significant advances in…
Air taxi company collects fresh money from Tencent
Animation of a vertiport with a Lilium jet The German air taxi company was able to collect fresh funds from investors. (Photo: lilium) Frankfurt The German air taxi company Lilium…
Partial sale is in the final phase
Lufthansa Technik The maintenance company looks after more than 800 customers and more than 4200 aircraft worldwide. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The partial sale of the aircraft maintenance company Lufthansa Technik…
Air taxi company at risk of being kicked out of Nasdaq
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt The air taxi company Lilium is threatened with a “blue letter”: The US tech stock exchange Nasdaq is likely to inform the company from Wessling in Bavaria in…
Air taxi company at risk of being kicked out of Nasdaq
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt The air taxi company Lilium is threatened with a “blue letter”: The US tech exchange Nasdaq is likely to inform the company from Wessling in Bavaria in the…
Air taxi company at risk of being kicked out of Nasdaq
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt The air taxi company Lilium is threatened with a “blue letter”: The US tech exchange Nasdaq is likely to inform the company from Wessling in Bavaria in the…
Lilium starts building the production jet
tubingen Daniel Wiegand, co-founder of the air taxi start-up Lilium, does not want to be thrown off course despite all the adversities. “We have started to build molds for the…
This is how airplanes should fly with hydrogen
Joseph Callo Not only Kallo from H2fly has ambitious goals with hydrogen. Stuttgart An airplane without kerosene seems hard to imagine today. But Josef Kallo has a clear vision for…
Air transport economy from 2050 without fossil fuels
Air traffic should go green As a result, customers are faced with rising ticket prices. (Photo: dpa) According to a newspaper report, the German aviation industry intends to do without…
Nasa and Boeing: Airplanes of the future
Airplane design by Boeing and Nasa The slim and supported wings are designed to provide more lift and efficiency. A demonstrator is scheduled to take off in 2028. (Photo: Boeing…
Condemning private jets across the board does not help the climate
A Cessna 560XL Citation The pandemic has sharply increased the demand for flights in your own aircraft. Environmentalists and activists denounce this. (Photo: imago images/CHROMORANGE) For months, there has been…