Farnborough Archives - FLYING Magazine https://cms.flyingmag.com/tag/farnborough/ The world's most widely read aviation magazine Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:11:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Embraer’s Eve Rolls Out First Air Taxi Prototype https://www.flyingmag.com/modern/embraers-eve-rolls-out-first-air-taxi-prototype/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:11:18 +0000 https://www.flyingmag.com/?p=212277&preview=1 The manufacturer joins a select group of companies that have unveiled a completed full-scale prototype of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) design.

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Eve Air Mobility, the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi subsidiary of Embraer, this week joined a select group of eVTOL manufacturers.

At the Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K., Eve unveiled its first full-scale eVTOL air taxi prototype, assembled at Embraer’s test facility in Brazil’s São Paulo state.

In the U.S., Archer Aviation was the first to hit that milestone, followed shortly after by Joby Aviation and Overair. German eVTOL manufacturers Lilium and Volocopter each have rolled out full-scale prototypes as well, as has China’s EHang.

Eve’s 100 percent electric design now joins them. The lift-plus-cruise model is built to fly up to four passengers and a pilot on 60 sm (52 nm) air taxi routes in and around major cities. It will be piloted at launch, but the company intends to transition to uncrewed operations in the future.

The air taxi includes eight dedicated propellers for vertical flight and fixed wings for cruise, as well as an electric pusher powered by dual electric motors.

Eve seeks to introduce the aircraft commercially in 2026, in line with many of its competitors. The company received proposed airworthiness criteria, a key step toward that goal, from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) in December.

“Our global team of engineers have shown exceptional dedication and expertise to successfully assemble our first full-scale eVTOL prototype,” said Johann Bordais, CEO of Eve. “This is a significant milestone that underscores our commitment to safety, accessibility and innovation.”

Eve is building its flagship air taxi using components and systems from a massive network of suppliers, and it announced two more at Farnborough: Diehl Aviation will design the eVTOL’s interior, while electric aerospace systems provider ASE will supply a power distribution system. Other Eve suppliers include Honeywell, Thales, Garmin, and BAE Systems.

On Tuesday at the airshow, the manufacturer announced another key collaborator, the smart infrastructure arm of technology conglomerate Siemens. The partners will work to gauge just how much energy an eVTOL network will require, as well as the best way to get that energy into the aircraft.

“The results and insights that Siemens and Eve Air Mobility will gain from this collaborative effort are expected to inform our strategy in preparing the ecosystem and developing services at scale for customers in the U.S. and, potentially, around the world,” said Luiz Mauad, vice president of customer services at Eve.

Eve last year announced the site of its first eVTOL manufacturing plant, where it intends to produce as many as 480 aircraft annually. Per the manufacturer’s fourth-quarter 2023 earnings report in March, it has an order pipeline of 2,850 aircraft, with the total value of nonbinding orders exceeding $8 billion.

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Honeywell and Electra Agree to Supplier, Investment Deal https://www.flyingmag.com/modern/honeywell-and-electra-agree-to-supplier-investment-deal/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:56:23 +0000 https://www.flyingmag.com/?p=212196&preview=1 In addition to supplying components for Electra’s hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) design, Honeywell makes an undisclosed investment.

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On Wednesday at the Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K., hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft manufacturer Electra added Honeywell as a supplier—and investor.

Electra picked Honeywell to provide the flight control computers and electromechanical actuators for its nine-passenger eSTOL design. In addition, Honeywell said it made a “strategic financial investment” in Electra, the value of which was not disclosed.

“Our ability to preintegrate multiple subsystems will not only help reduce the time it takes to install and integrate these technologies, but it will also enable Electra to expedite and streamline production of its groundbreaking eSTOL aircraft,” said Dave Shilliday, president of Honeywell Aerospace Technologies’ advanced air mobility (AAM) arm.

The company’s AAM business has racked up $10 billion worth of contracts and added customers such as Lilium, Boom Supersonic, and Heart Aerospace.

Electra’s flagship model makes use of a unique blown lift propulsion system, which redirects airflows downward to enable takeoffs at neighborhood driving speeds. The hybrid-electric design is expected to require just 150 feet of runway, with no electric chargers necessary. The manufacturer seeks to achieve certification under FAA Part 23 regulations by 2028.

Honeywell’s compact fly-by-wire flight control computer, which it describes as the “brains” of the aircraft, will be a key piece of Electra’s full-scale model. It is a fraction of the size and weight of typical computers on larger aircraft, the company says, drawing less power by comparison. The technology is intended to reduce turbulence by dynamically adjusting the eSTOL’s electric motors, replacing hydraulics and control cables.

The electromechanical actuators are similarly light and compact despite having 10 percent greater power density than most other actuators on the market, by Honeywell’s estimate. These take electronic commands from the pilot or onboard flight system, convert them to mechanical force, and use it to move control surfaces such as flaps.

The agreement to supply the two components was accompanied by an undisclosed investment from Honeywell Ventures, the firm’s venture capital arm.

“The investment supports collaboration between the two companies, reinforcing Honeywell’s commitment to advanced air mobility and the future of sustainable flight,” Honeywell said Wednesday.

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Spanish Electric Aircraft Manufacturer Secures Preorder in Australia https://www.flyingmag.com/modern/spanish-electric-aircraft-manufacturer-secures-preorder-in-australia/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:20:48 +0000 https://www.flyingmag.com/?p=212110&preview=1 Crisalion will deliver 100 Integrity electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis to Australian operator Wilbur Air.

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Crisalion Mobility, a Spanish manufacturer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, is taking its flagship design Down Under.

On Wednesday at the Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K., the company announced it received a preorder for 100 Integrity air taxis from Australia’s Wilbur Air, a recently launched operating subsidiary of eVTOL infrastructure specialist Skyportz.

Skyportz has been developing a network of vertiports—akin to heliports but with electric chargers for eVTOL aircraft—to be built across Australia for the past half decade. Wilbur, which also has plans to fly U.S. manufacturer Electra’s hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft, will operate Crisalion’s Integrity across that network.

The zero-emission air taxi, designed to seat as many as five passengers plus a pilot, has an expected range of 80 sm (70 nm) when cruising at about 70 knots with a payload of around 880 pounds.

Its calling card is the company’s FlyFree propulsion system, which comprises 16 motors arranged in two arms on either side of the aircraft and running on lithium-ion batteries.

“Each arm can independently adjust its thrust vector in both pitch and roll, using the differential thrust of the motors,” Crisalion said.

The firm says the patented design is meant to boost stability across phases of flight, including in adverse weather.

Additionally, the aircraft’s interior can be configured to support passenger transport, aerial tourism, logistics, and emergency situations.

Crisalion expects to certify Integrity in 2028 ahead of a 2030 commercial rollout. Wednesday’s preorder agreement is the company’s first in the Australian market.

Skyportz on its website displays a large map of potential hubs in its planned vertiport network, which includes several locations in Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. Those markets may be the next to see Integrity fly under the partnership.

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Lilium Expands Electric Jet Infrastructure in Europe, Asia, Middle East https://www.flyingmag.com/modern/lilium-expands-electric-jet-infrastructure-in-europe-asia-middle-east/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:01:58 +0000 https://www.flyingmag.com/?p=212076&preview=1 The German manufacturer will work with Groupe ADP, SEA Milan, and Skyports to build infrastructure that will accommodate its flagship Lilium Jet.

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Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) jet manufacturer Lilium this week signed several partnerships aimed at expanding the infrastructure for its flagship Lilium Jet worldwide.

The German firm on Wednesday announced it will work with Groupe ADP, which manages 23 airports around the world, including Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport (LFPG) and Le Bourget Airport (LFPB), to prepare eVTOL infrastructure in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Separately, at the Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K., Lilium on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SEA Milan, which operates the Italian city’s airports, and vertiport developer Skyports Infrastructure to build a Lilium Jet network in Italy’s Lombardy region.

These regions are envisioned as early launch markets for the Lilium Jet, a zero-emission, six-passenger design capable of cruising at 162 knots on city-to-city trips spanning 25-125 sm (22-109 nm).

Groupe ADP, working with fellow German eVTOL manufacturer Volocopter, is developing an air taxi network connecting five vertiports across the Paris region, including at Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget.

The original plan was for air taxi public transport and tourism routes to be ready for the 2024 Olympic Games, which open Friday in Paris, though that appears to be out the window. The French government signed off on heavily restricted, nonpassenger carrying flights, but Paris’ city council said it will fight the authorization in court.

Although it looks like the Paris Olympics won’t quite be the eVTOL launchpad for which Groupe ADP had hoped, it could make history by bringing the Lilium Jet to the region. With a projected commercial launch in 2026, the jet—which takes off like a helicopter but cruises on fixed wings—will likely be the first of its kind to hit the market.

“It is becoming increasingly clear that some of the very first eVTOL flights will happen in France, and this partnership brings that milestone closer into view,” said Sebastian Borel, chief commercial officer of Lilium. “Groupe ADP has an impressive portfolio of airports, both in France and around the world, in markets that will be key to Lilium’s commercial operations.”

Earlier this year, Lilium said it was in “advanced talks” with the French government to install manufacturing facilities in the country. It is also collaborating with Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur and vertiport developer UrbanV to create a network in the French Riviera.

Groupe ADP will now work to accommodate the six-passenger design, which is significantly larger than Volocopter’s air taxi, at vertiports throughout Paris.

“We are thrilled to officialize the work we have been conducting with Lilium to ensure the development of new services by eVTOL in the Paris region and worldwide,” said Edward Arkwright, deputy CEO of Groupe ADP.

The partnership will also extend to Turkey, India, and Saudi Arabia, where Lilium is planning another network with flag carrier Saudia. The airline this month agreed to purchase 100 Lilium Jets. On Monday at Farnborough, the manufacturer said it signed an MOU with Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to prepare eVTOL regulations in the country.

Italy is set to be another important market for Lilium as the company partners with SEA Milan and Skyports to serve the Lombardy region, home to an estimated one-fifth of the country’s population. The manufacturer, airport operator, and infrastructure specialist hope to bring a network online by 2027.

“We’ve been working with our partners at SEA for some time, and we’re excited to prepare to open the doors of our vertiports and see eVTOL aircraft take flight over Lombardy,” said Duncan Walker, CEO of Skyports.

SEA will manage airport hubs and will operate vertiports jointly with Skyports, which will lead the development and construction of the sites. An initial route will connect Milan Malpensa Airport (LIMC) with the Milan city center.

In 2022, Lilium secured an order for 12 jets from operator Globe Air, which plans to fly them in the French Riviera and Italy—it’s unclear whether these aircraft will be part of the planned network.

The German manufacturer also has plans for the U.S. With newly established operating partner UrbanLink Air Mobility, it intends to fly in Florida, California, and the Caribbean U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.

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Boeing Air Taxi Arm Wisk Aero Sets 2032 Olympic Games Target https://www.flyingmag.com/modern/boeing-air-taxi-arm-wisk-aero-sets-2032-olympic-games-target/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:59:07 +0000 /?p=212018 The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi manufacturer is working to develop a network of vertiports in time for the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, Australia.

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Self-flying electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi manufacturer Wisk Aero, a subsidiary of aerospace manufacturing titan Boeing, may ferry passengers across Brisbane, Australia, during the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic games.

On Monday at the Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K., Wisk, in an expansion of its partnership with vertiport developer Skyports, announced an electric air taxi network that it hinted could be ready in time for the marquee event.

Wisk and Skyports in 2022 gave an early look at their vision for an eVTOL air taxi network, complete with infrastructure for vertical takeoff and landing, or vertiports. They will function much like heliports with electric aircraft chargers to juice up Wisk’s air taxi.

The partners now are working with the Council of Mayors of Australia’s South East Queensland (SEQ) region, with which Wisk has collaborated since 2022, to devise a network for the company’s Generation 6 model.

A prototype of the flagship design has a range of 90 sm (78 nm) with reserves and charge time of 15 minutes. Like designs from competitors Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation, the Gen 6 features tilting propellers that aid in both vertical and forward flight. Wisk, though, is one of a handful of firms in the industry looking to fly autonomously at launch. It projects a commercial rollout will happen by the end of the decade.

Wisk and Skyports will pick out hubs for the air taxi across the SEQ region, home to an estimated 4 million and growing. The partners said they will study regional travel patterns, conduct feasibility studies, and speak with local communities about what to expect from the service.

They also noted that the region is already preparing for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic games, saying they expect to plan out air taxi infrastructure in time for the big event.

“We’re excited to see this evolving industry bring high-value local jobs to SEQ and support improved services like medical and tourism,” said Scott Smith, CEO of the SEQ Council of Mayors. “To secure our place as a global destination, we must be at the forefront of adopting emerging technologies.”

Wisk is developing a similar network in Japan in partnership with flag carrier Japan Airlines.

It likewise has plans for the U.S. in the Greater Houston region of Texas and is working toward bringing the Gen 6 to Long Beach, California. Officials in Los Angeles are preparing for the introduction of air taxis ahead of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, though it is unclear if Wisk will meet that deadline.

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Embraer Signs A-29 Super Tucano Deal With Paraguay https://www.flyingmag.com/military/embraer-signs-a-29-super-tucano-deal-with-paraguay/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:21:14 +0000 /?p=211993 Under the agreement, the Paraguayan Air Force will take delivery of the first of the six light combat aircraft beginning next year.

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The Paraguayan Air Force (PAF) has entered into an agreement to purchase six Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light combat aircraft, the manufacturer said Tuesday. 

Under the terms of the purchase agreement, which was announced Tuesday during the Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K., deliveries will begin next year.

Originally designed for the Brazilian Air Force in 1999, the A-29 offers armed reconnaissance, close air support, light attack, and advanced training mission capabilities. It is currently operated by 16 air forces, according to the company.

The PAF intends to deploy the aircraft as part of its mission “safeguarding territorial integrity,” according to the service’s top official.

“To face emerging threats, we are in the process of modernizing our aerial and detection capabilities, and we intend to be up to the technological standards that allow us to correctly apply the measures established in the Law on Surveillance and Protection of Paraguayan Airspace in a to effectively contribute to the preservation of regional and international peace and security,” Air General Júlio Rubén Fullaondo Céspedes, commander of the Paraguayan Air Force, said in a statement. 

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737 Max Orders Help Boeing Crush Airbus at Farnborough Airshow https://www.flyingmag.com/737-max-orders-help-boeing-crush-airbus-at-farnborough-airshow/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.flyingmag.com/?p=148888 The once grounded airliner stages a big comeback.

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Boeing’s 737 Max led airliner orders this week at England’s 2022 Farnborough International Airshow, representing a comeback of the beleaguered single-aisle jet.

Three years after Max airplanes were grounded in the wake of two deadly accidents, multiple Max variants garnered the lion’s share of Boeing’s 176 orders, eclipsing total orders for airliners manufactured by rival Airbus.

This year’s event marked the first time airliner manufacturers and customers have gathered at Farnborough since the COVID-19 pandemic cratered air travel in 2020, hobbling the airline industry. 

As air travel ramps up this summer, Boeing’s largest order came from Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, which ordered 100 737 Max 10s—now rebranded as 737-10s. Delta’s first new Boeing order since 2011 had been preceded by large Delta orders for Airbus A321 and its fuel-efficient A321neo variant. 

“The aircraft will complement Delta’s high-performance A321neo fleet,” Delta said in a statement. The order will bring the carrier’s total 737 fleet to more than 300 aircraft, Delta’s second-largest fleet family behind Airbus’ A320. 

Delta acknowledged the 737-10 variant is still awaiting final certification from the FAA—expected in 2023. “In the event of a delay, the agreement has adequate protection in place, including allowing Delta to shift to another model of [the] Max family if necessary,” Delta said.

Other Significant Orders

Airbus benefited from Delta’s spending spree as well, firming up 12 options for Airbus A220-300s, the larger version of the single-aisle airliner. 

The total number of Airbus orders at Farnborough this year was smaller than Boeing’s, but included 56 orders from EasyJet for A320neos, including 18 previously ordered A320neos converted to orders for larger A321neos. 

In fact the ultra-efficient A321neo received 17 orders from LATAM.

Nonetheless, Airbus orders at Farnborough totaled only 85 aircraft—a lower number than analysts expected. “If they really have some unfinished deals in the making, it remains to be seen,” Richard Schuurman of industry consultant AirInsight told FLYING. This week yielded the lowest number of Airbus orders at a major European airshow since the Paris Air Show in 2017, Schuurman said, “although they have already sold over 500 aircraft this year.”

Airbus Leaves Early

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury and chief commercial officer Christian Scherer skipped the company’s traditional week-ender news conference to announce final order tallies. Instead, they left the airshow on Wednesday, a day earlier than expected, the Seattle Times reported. 

Times reporter Dominic Gates reported Scherer told him, “Don’t worry about our sales ability. We’re doing really well, thank you very much.”

Embraer

Brazil-based Embraer reported orders for eight E175 airliners for Horizon Air and two E190 converted freighters for Nordic Aviation Capital.

Embraer also reported receiving letters of intent (LOIs) to purchase more than 250 of Embraer’s new 70- and 90-seat turboprops. The next-gen airliner is expected to be launched next year in Paris, Schuurman said. “It would almost double their order backlog and drastically improve their business case.”

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Airbus A330 MRTT Certificated for Automatic Aerial Refueling https://www.flyingmag.com/airbus-a330-mrtt-certificated-for-automatic-aerial-refueling/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:29:19 +0000 https://www.flyingmag.com/?p=148593 The post Airbus A330 MRTT Certificated for Automatic Aerial Refueling appeared first on FLYING Magazine.

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Airbus’ A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) has been certificated to conduct automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R) boom operations during daylight, making it the first tanker in the world with the designation, according to the aircraft manufacturer.

The Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) certificated the A3R system following a collaboration with the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), Airbus announced Tuesday at the U.K.’s Farnborough International Airshow.

The A3R system is designed to reduce the workload of air refueling operators, while also optimizing air-to-air refueling transfers, all while requiring no additional equipment on the receiving aircraft.

Airbus first tested automated contact with a boom system in 2018, during a joint operation with the Royal Australian Air Force, according to Jean-Brice Dumont, head of military air systems at Airbus Defence and Space.

“Since then, we’ve achieved more aeronautical ‘world firsts’ thanks to the support of our customers, especially with the key participation of our partner the RSAF, a launch customer and the first operator to benefit from this game-changing capability,” Dumont said.

The A330 MRTT, which is based on the A330-200 widebody civilian airliner, is able to haul up to nearly 245,000 pounds of fuel, which according to Airbus, “is the highest capacity of all tanker aircraft, even those with additional fuel tanks in the cargo deck.” The aircraft can also offload about 55 tons of fuel during a four-hour loitering mission at a range of more than 1,000 nm from the departure point.

By comparison, Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus operated by the U.S. Air Force, tops out its fuel capacity at 212,299 pounds. The KC-130J tanker operated by the U.S. Marine Corps has a maximum fuel load of 61,364 pounds, according to manufacturer Lockheed Martin.

To date, Airbus has delivered at least 51 of 66 A330 MRTT aircraft ordered by customers including Australia, France, NATO, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, and the U.K.

Autonomous Refueling

Airbus is working to take air-to-air refueling automation even further. In late 2021, the company launched development work on technology that would make the A330 MRTT fully autonomous. Unlike the traditional air-to-air refueling operations, the autonomous capability—known as A4R—would not require any crew onboard to monitor fuel transfers.

“A4R is a kind of unmanned execution of the refueling operation and for long-range combat missions we see the need for predictable, deterministic, reliable AAR capability,” Dumont said during the Airbus Defence and Space Trade Media Briefing late last year, Australian Defence magazine reported.

Like the A3R capability, Airbus intends for the unmanned A4R version to not require retrofitting receiver aircraft in order to accommodate operations, he said. 

Airbus is gearing up to test the concept soon. Through its subsidiary Airbus UpNext, the aircraft manufacturer has launched an “Auto’Mate” demonstrator to develop, adapt, and evaluate technologies that enable autonomous air-to-air refueling.

The company aims to flight test the technology in 2023. A final end-to-end demonstration using an A310 as a tanker refueling flight testbed and DT-25 target drones as receiver aircraft is planned the following year.

“The set of technologies developed in the Airbus Auto’Mate demonstrator will enable a disruptive step forward in the autonomy level of current air-to-air refueling (AAR) operations, to reduce crew fatigue and training costs, improve safety and efficiency, and pioneer unmanned air-to-air refueling operations (including unmanned-to-unmanned AAR operations), a highly demanded capability for future defense scenarios,” Airbus said in a statement.

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Embraer Releases 20-year Market Outlook https://www.flyingmag.com/embraer-releases-20-year-market-outlook/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 21:50:23 +0000 https://www.flyingmag.com/?p=148450 Company predicts growth of regional market and increased demand for jets.

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Embraer [NYSE: ERJ] released its 20-year market outlook at the Farnborough Airshow on Tuesday. The report focuses on the manufacturer’s sub-150 commercial aircraft segment, which typically caters to regional airlines, and provides insight into trends that could affect airplane demand through 2041.

Even though airlines’ passenger capacity has not fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels, travelers have rushed back to the sky, and many airlines cannot keep up. In its report, Embraer suggests that the industry would eventually recover from the pandemic slump by 2024 and that demand for air travel would grow 3.2 percent annually over the next 20 years. Last year, the company predicted a slightly higher growth rate of 3.3 percent but said this time that the disruption caused by the Russia-Ukraine war caused it to trim its expectations.

Various Trends Drive Growth

The protracted rebound from the pandemic has kept many remote-work policies in place, which means companies have figured out how to stay productive without face-to-face interaction. Furthermore, with a tight labor force and the unemployment rate of 3.6 percent at a nearly 50-year low, according to the Bureau of Labor, companies in the aviation sector are grappling to find enough workers to meet demand. Embraer cites this corporate embrace of remote work as a plus for its business, which means its airline customers will prefer lower-capacity aircraft. 

However, as it stands, the airline customers who currently operate many Embraer jets are regional airliners who’ve struggled with an extreme pilot shortage that has caused them to park their airplanes because there are not enough pilots to fly them. American Airlines ([NASDAQ: AAL] said its business suffered when it parked 100 regional jets in June. Therefore, Embraer is betting on mainline carriers adjusting their fleet strategy to meet its digitalization and regionalization prediction.

The company also said that increasing focus on sustainability and the aviation industry commitment to be net-zero by 2050 presents an opportunity for airline customers to prefer its aircraft. “New green technologies tend to focus on smaller-capacity aircraft where innovations are refined before introduction on larger platforms. In this context, smaller airplanes are a key element for more sustainable air travel while also enhancing connectivity,” the report said. 

The final highlight is based on the rise of e-commerce experienced in the pandemic. This has caused the cargo jet market to multiply. Embraer has positioned itself for that market and recently launched a passenger-to-cargo conversion program for some of its aircraft. The company predicts that the growing e-commerce market will expand for smaller-capacity, all-cargo jet aircraft, especially for regional routes.

Projection By the Numbers

Embraer predicts that there will be a global demand for 10,950 new aircraft with a capacity of up to 150 seats representing a market value of $650 billion. The company also predicts that the fastest growing region would be the Asia-Pacific region, which is expected to grow 4.3 percent annually, followed by Latin America—4 percent—and Africa, at 3.8 percent. 

Moreover—and similar to the Boeing Commercial Market outlook for Asia (which states that Asian markets account for roughly 40 percent of long-term global demand for new airplanes)—Embraer projects that 42 percent of revenue for regional jets would come from the Asia-Pacific region. That is more than the 38 percent expected from Europe and North America combined. 

However, while the Asia-Pacific region might account for most of the revenue, Embraer expects North America to lead the way in deliveries with over 2,740 jets, representing nearly 32 percent of all deliveries. 

Finally, as the company has indicated plans to build a sustainable turboprop, it also predicts that the Asia-Pacific market would lead the way in deliveries, with as many 960 turboprops, or 42 percent of those to be built over the period going to that region. That is more than double the 400 expected to go to North America over the same period.

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GE Digital Enhances FlightPulse with Flight Data Animation https://www.flyingmag.com/ge-digital-enhances-flightpulse-with-flight-data-animation/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 20:49:02 +0000 https://www.flyingmag.com/?p=148421 The post GE Digital Enhances FlightPulse with Flight Data Animation appeared first on FLYING Magazine.

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One of the laws of learning is that the more intense or exciting an experience is, the more learning will take place. GE Digital is adding Flight Data Animation to FlightPulse, the electronic flight bag application, for more intense representations for flight for training and safety, FlightPulse will enable pilots to have a more realistic training scenario through the application of software.

The company announced the release of Flight Data Animation Tuesday at the U.K.’s Farnborough International Airshow. According to GE Digital, “The animation provides realistic visual tools to facilitate pilot training and debriefing post-flight to identify compliance and safety hazards.

“Flight data animation can be used to validate and investigate flight events and assist with pilot operational or airport awareness training.” 

[Courtesy: GE Digital]

The animation module comes from GE Digital partner Applied Informatics and Research Inc. (AIRINC), a Canadian software firm that provides aviation products and data services to the aerospace industry. GE Digital has been working with AIRCINC since February to create the animation tool.

Flight Data Animation can be used to validate and investigate flight events and assist with pilot operational or airport awareness training by using software to build realistic animations of flights down to the replication of cockpit instrumentation and advanced flight path reconstruction.

“Operating our flights in the safest and most efficient manner is our core objective, and we continuously strive to adopt the latest tools and technology to achieve this goal,” says Capt. Hassan AlHammadi, divisional senior vice president of flight operations for Emirates. “We successfully released FlightPulse to our pilots in August 2021. Now we are working on adding the Flight Data Animation module in FlightPulse, and to release this to our pilots in near future. This will further empower our pilots and help them operate their flights in a safe and efficient way.” 

Andrew Coleman, general manager of GE Digital’s Aviation Software business adds, “FlightPulse is designed to provide pilots with insights and information to enable them to make smarter decisions around safety and fuel consumption.”

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