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Long-haul aviation presents a tough challenge for decarbonization, but a group of 100 aerospace experts working on the UK government’s FlyZero project says 279-seat liquid hydrogen airliners will connect any two points on the globe with just one stop.C… Continue reading Squirrel-cheeked liquid H2 airliner will take you anywhere in two hops
US-based Wright Electric has announced a 100-seat electric short-hop aircraft slated to go into service by 2026. It’ll either be powered by hydrogen, or it’ll use recyclable metal in what the company calls an “aluminum fuel cell.”Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Wright proposes a 100-seat electric airliner powered by aluminum
Most of the horror stories you hear about air travel seem to center around luggage. Airlines do an admirable job of getting people safely to their destinations, but checked baggage …read more Continue reading Hacked Set of Instruments Saves Musician’s Gigs
“If you are tired of long waiting hours due to the traditional flights, the wait is over now.” So says self-proclaimed South African “tech mogul” Priven Reddy, founder of the latest company to throw its hat into the supersonic passenger aircraft space…. Continue reading Leap Aerospace and the magical supersonic VTOL zero-carbon airliner
Data on 4.5 million Air India passengers was compromised in a hack of a major IT provider to the airline industry, Air India announced last week. The initial breach of the IT provider, SITA — disclosed in March — affected numerous airlines from Lufthansa to Cathay Pacific, but the investigation has now revealed one of its biggest victims yet in India’s flagship air carrier. The breach covers nearly a decade of data on Air India passengers, and includes passport, ticket information and credit card information, Air India said in a statement. Air India said it has secured the hacked servers, notified credit card firms of the breach and reset passwords for frequent flyer accounts. The airline also advised passengers to change their own passwords where applicable. “[O]ur data processor has ensured that no abnormal activity was observed after securing the compromised servers,” the statement said. It is still unclear who is […]
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International travel. Remember that? Stepping out airport doors, past grimy masses of smokers into the alien smells and strange weather of some foreign shore. Learning the local grifts, eating the weird foods, drinking all of the beers, and either broa… Continue reading Boom Headrest might actually let you sleep on long-haul flights
Ask any airline executive what their plans were back in January 2020, and you’d probably get the expected spiel about growing market share and improving returns for shareholders. Of course, the coronovirus pandemic quickly changed all that in the space of just a few months. Borders closed, and worldwide air …read more
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Up to 61 percent out of the IATA (International Air Transport Association) airline members do not have a published DMARC record. Continue reading Airline DMARC Policies Lag, Opening Flyers to Email Fraud
At the best of times, the Boeing 747 is a costly plane to operate and maintain. When a pandemic causes passenger numbers to plummet, however, it can become unsustainable. It was with this in mind that British Airways today announced that it’s retiring … Continue reading British Airways retires entire fleet of 747s, effective immediately
Google’s strategy for bringing new customers to its cloud is to focus on the enterprise and specific verticals like healthcare, energy, financial service and retail, among others. It’s healthcare efforts recently experienced a bit of a setback, with Epic now telling its customers that it is not moving forward with its plans to support Google […] Continue reading Google Cloud lands Lufthansa Group and Sabre as new customers