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From class to glass and beyond, digital  technologies are set to revolutionise aviation In today’s aviation environment when close to every aspect of flying is digitally integrated, new aviation recruits who have lived their entire lives in the Internet era bring a mind-set to the job that is wired for connectivity. For trainee pilots that

News briefs from across aviation   Airline news The livery features a whale-inspired design that includes a pair of eyes on the fuselage and “an enthusiastic grin” on the nose. The aircraft was scheduled to undergo ground testing before its first flight later in 2018, Airbus said on June 28. airbus This content is available

Coming to aviation later in life Some people are born to aviation and some come to flying later in life, choosing to move on from earlier career choices. One is Charmaine Lett, 43, an indigenous woman of the Noongar Clan of Western Australia, now training to be a commercial pilot. This content is available exclusively

Air NZ cops political flak for plant-based burger Passengers in Business Premier aboard Air New Zealand’s NZ1 and NZ5 flights to Los Angeles will be chowing down on Impossible Burgers, featuring new engineered plant-based synthetic meat from a US-based startup — a first for an airline. “Impossible Burger’s magic ingredient is an iron-containing molecule called

China’s demand that airlines refer to Taiwan as part of China What’s in a name? An awful lot, according to the powers that be in Beijing. China’s ongoing insistence that Taiwan is part of its bamboo empire and integral to its sovereign territory has been unchanged since Chiang Kai-shek led his defeated Republic of China

On reg reform, CASA’s intent is admirable, but the outcome is looking troubled The Jeckle-Hyde nature of CASA with internal struggles between the reformers and others continues and is now to be played out in the slow-moving train wreck that is regulatory reform. There are bright spots – AVMED reform, recognition of industry programs to